Bills › 88th General Assembly
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 16, 2020
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 17, 2020
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill requires each hospital and freestanding ambulatory surgical center in the state to adopt policies, no later than July 1, 2021, to ensure the elimination of surgical smoke through the use of a smoke evacuation system for each procedure that generates surgical smoke through the use of energy-based devices including but not limited to electrosurgical devices H.F. _____ and lasers. The bill defines “ambulatory surgical center”, “smoke evacuation system”, and “surgical smoke” for the purposes of the bill and requires the department of public health to adopt administrative rules to administer the bill.
House subcommittee
Named January 17, 2020. On February 10, 2020 it recommended amendment and passage.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part