Revision: May 8, 2025, 4:36 p.m.
Rep. Hill, Merr. 2
May 2, 2025
2025-1888h
05/09
Amendment to SB 197
Amend the title of the bill by replacing it with the following:
AN ACT relative to the medical supervision of the licensed registered nurse employed by general court.
Amend RSA 125:13-a as inserted by section 1 of the bill by replacing it with the following:
125:13-a Health Service Room.
I. The [legislative facilities committee] general court shall equip and maintain a health service room in such location in the state house as may be assigned for such purpose. Said room shall be staffed by a licensed registered nurse employed or contracted by the [legislative facilities committee] general court, and the room shall be kept open [at all times when the state house is open for business] as directed by the chief operating officer of the general court. The expense of the health service room, including a contract nurse, shall be a charge upon the joint expenses appropriation to the general court. [The department of health and human services may, in the event of the absence of the employed nurse, provide from its staff a licensed registered nurse on a temporary basis. The department of health and human services is further authorized, in the event the department cannot provide a licensed registered nurse, to negotiate a contract for the legislative facilities committee with a nursing service for the purpose of staffing the health service room in the event of an absence of the employed nurse. The daily coordination of the contract nurse shall be accomplished jointly with the house chief of staff and the department of health and human services. The commissioner] The chief medical officer of the department of health and human services [shall provide medical supervision for the employed nurse, for any temporarily assigned nurse and, if necessary, for any contracted nursing service] may provide standing orders for medications requiring a prescription for the employed or contracted nurse. The licensed registered nurse employed or contracted under this section shall act within the scope of his or her practice under RSA 326-B.
II. The chief medical officer of the department of health and human services, acting in good faith and with reasonable care, in issuing a standing order, shall not be subject to any criminal or civil liability, or any professional disciplinary action, for any action authorized by this section or any outcome resulting from an action authorized by this section.