The bills includes one that would have let certified registered nurse anesthetists to independently administer anesthesia. The three bills — House Bills 821, 1490 and 1652 — died in committee in March.
Other states across the country are facing the battle to expand nurse practitioners’ scope. In March, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt vetoed a bill that would have permitted certain nurse practitioners to prescribe medicine without physician supervision.
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