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Legislative Year: 2019 Change

Title	Require Surgical Smoke Protection Policies
Status	Governor Signed (03/28/2019)
Bill Subjects	Health Care & Health Insurance
House Sponsors	J. Buckner (D)
Senate Sponsors	R. Rodriguez (D)
House Committee	Health and Insurance
Senate Committee	Health and Human Services
Date Introduced	01/04/2019
Description	The bill requires each hospital with surgical services and each ambulatory surgical center to adopt and implement on or before May 1, 2021, a policy that requires the elimination of surgical smoke via the use of a surgical smoke evacuation system during any surgical procedure that is likely to generate surgical smoke. Surgical smoke is a gaseous by-product produced by energy-generating surgical medical devices.
Committee Reports with Amendments	March 07, 2019: Senate Health & Human Services Committee Report January 22, 2019: House Health & Insurance Committee Report
Full Text	Full Text of Bill (pdf) (most recent)
Fiscal Notes	Fiscal Notes (05/09/2019) (most recent)
Additional Bill Documents	Bill Documents Including: Past bill versions Past fiscal notes Committee activity and documents Bill History
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Votes	House and Senate Votes
Vote Totals	Vote Totals by Party