Recently, WiHPCA decided to formally support legislation – Assembly Bill 44 and Senate Bill 43 – both of which would allow advanced practice nurse prescribers (APNPs) to pronounce the date, time, and place of a patient’s death with respect to completing the death record.  However, the APNP would need to be directly involved with the care of the patient in order to prepare a death record for that individual. 

The Senate Health Committee voted unanimously (5-0) in favor of advancing Senate Bill 43 to the full Senate on March 14.  At this time, the Assembly Health Committee has not yet held a hearing on Assembly Bill 44.