Requires On-Site Licensed Medical Professional at Kidney Dialysis Clinics and Establishes Other State Requirements
initiative statute
Official Summary
Requires physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant, with six months’ relevant experience, on site during treatment at outpatient kidney dialysis clinics; authorizes exemption for staffing shortage if qualified medical professional is available through telehealth.
Requires clinics to disclose to patients all physicians with clinic ownership interests of five percent or more.
Requires clinics to report dialysis-related infection data to state.
Prohibits clinics from closing or substantially reducing services without state approval.
Prohibits clinics from refusing to treat patients based on source of payment.
Fiscal Impact: Increased state and local government costs likely in the tens of millions of dollars annually.
support: $7,509,562 - Unions
oppose: $86,333,867