AN ACT relating to medical provider coverage in Level IV trauma centers.

Amend KRS 211.492 to define "advanced practice provider"; amend KRS 211.494 to allow Level IV verified trauma centers to utilize physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses who are supervised by physicians to cover emergency departments; require the Department for Public Health to promulgate administrative regulations to conform.

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This bill updates Kentucky law to let Level IV trauma centers use physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses, when supervised by a physician, to staff their emergency departments. It also directs the Department for Public Health to update its regulations to match. This change may help smaller or rural trauma centers meet staffing requirements when physicians alone are not always available. Who it may affect: patients in communities served by Level IV trauma centers, physician assistants, advanced practice registered nurses, and rural hospital administrators.

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