Les Adams
- Republican
Primary
Hospitals, nursing homes, and certified nursing facilities; regulations; patient access to intelligent personal assistant. Directs the Board of Health to amend regulations governing hospitals, nursing homes, and certified nursing facilities to require each hospital, nursing home, and certified nursing facility to establish and implement policies to ensure the permissible access to and use of an intelligent personal assistant provided by the patient while receiving inpatient services. "Intelligent personal assistant" is defined in the bill as a combination of an electronic device and a specialized software application designed to assist users with basic tasks using a combination of natural language processing and artificial intelligence, including such combinations known as "digital assistants" or "virtual assistants."
Hospitals, nursing homes, and certifiednursing facilities; regulations; patient access to intelligent personalassistant. Directs the Board of Health to amend regulations governinghospitals, nursing homes, and certified nursing facilities to requirehospitals to allow a patient to access and utilize an intelligent personal assistant while receiving inpatient services. "Intelligentpersonal assistant" is defined in the bill as a combination of anelectronic device and a specialized software application designedto assist users with basic tasks using a combination of natural languageprocessing and artificial intelligence, including such combinationsknown as "digital assistants" or "virtual assistants."
Approved by Governor-Chapter 219 (effective 7/1/21)
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
Signed by Speaker
Enrolled
Signed by President
Impact statement from DPB (HB2154ER)
Read third time
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
Assigned Education sub: Health
Rereferred to Education and Health
Rereferred from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N)
Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N)
Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
Constitutional reading dispensed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
Read second time
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2154H1
Committee substitute agreed to 21103464D-H1
Impact statement from DPB (HB2154H1)
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
Read first time
Committee substitute printed 21103464D-H1
Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
Impact statement from DPB (HB2154)
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101654D
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101654D | HTML |
| Committee substitute printed 21103464D-H1 | HTML |
| HB2154ER | HTML |
| CHAP0219 | HTML |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| Fiscal Impact Statement: HB2154FH1122.PDF | |
| Fiscal Impact Statement: HB2154F122.PDF |
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