118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 2070 — Protect Lifesaving Anesthesia Care for Veterans Act of 2023

“A bill to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from replacing physician anesthesiologists with certified registered nurse anesthetists under the health care system of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.”

Armed forces and national security

Introduced Jun 21, 2023

Last action Jun 21, 2023

Pipeline · Bill → Law

Step 1

Introduced

Jun 21, 2023

Step 2

Referred

Jun 21, 2023

Veterans' Affairs

Step 3

Committee

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Senate

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House floor

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Resolve Changes

Step 7

Signed

SummaryCRS Summary

This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from modifying its policy relating to anesthesia care in a manner that would provide any medical professional other than a physician anesthesiologist with full practice authority for the furnishment of anesthesia care to veterans under VA health care laws. The VA is also prohibited from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing the provisions relating to anesthesia care of the proposed rule titled Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (81 Fed. Reg. 33155), or any substantially similar rule.

Provisions · 2 sectionsIntroduced in Senate

Timeline · 2 actions

Jun 21, 2023

Introduced in Senate

Jun 21, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.