2023 Regular SessionWest Virginia Legislature

HB2592: To provide safe harbor peer review for nurses

Legislative Summary

The purpose of this bill is to establish a nurse staffing and safe harbor peer review process. The bill defines safe harbor. The bill creates protections for nurse licensure under safe harbor. The bill provides for invocation of safe harbor protections. The bill establishes a withdrawal of request for safe harbor nursing review. The bill provides for when to invoke safe harbor and refuse nursing assignments. The bill establishes a Safe Harbor Peer Review committee and designates the makeup of that committee. The bill defines protection from civil or criminal liability under safe harbor. Finally, the bill defines the duties of CNOs/Nurse Administrators.

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Bill History

1/17/2023
Filed for introduction
House of Delegates
1/17/2023
To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
House of Delegates
1/17/2023
Introduced in House
House of Delegates
1/17/2023
To House Health and Human Resources
House of Delegates
2/10/2023
With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary
House of Delegates
2/10/2023
To House Judiciary
House of Delegates

Amendments

hb2592 h hr am _1

hb2592 h hr am _1

2/9/2023Not Adopted

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(1/17/2023)
Chamber
House of Delegates
Committee
Judiciary(House of Delegates)
Sine DiePrior Session

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text1/1/197017.0 KB