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First Regular Session | 75th General Assembly
Colorado General Assembly
HB19-1041

Require Surgical Smoke Protection Policies

Type Bill
Session 2019 Regular Session
Subjects
Health Care & Health Insurance

Concerning the prevention of human exposure to surgical smoke during surgery at certain licensed health care facilities.

Bill Summary:

Hospitals - regulation of surgical smoke - prevention of human exposure. The act requires each hospital with surgical services and each ambulatory surgical center to adopt and implement on or before May 1, 2021, a policy that prevents human exposure to surgical smoke via the use of a surgical smoke evacuation system during any planned surgical procedure that is likely to generate surgical smoke. Surgical smoke is a gaseous by-product produced by energy-generating surgical devices.
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Prime Sponsors

Senator Janet Buckner

Representative

Janet Buckner

Senator Robert Rodrigues

Senator

Robert Rodrigues

Committees

House

Health & Insurance

Senate

Health & Human Services

Status

Became Law

Introduced

Passed

Became Law

Related Documents & Information

Date Version Documents
03/28/2019 Signed Act PDF
03/19/2019 Final Act PDF
03/14/2019 Rerevised PDF
03/13/2019 Revised PDF
01/28/2019 Reengrossed PDF
01/25/2019 Engrossed PDF
01/04/2019 Introduced PDF
Date Version Documents
01/23/2019 PA1 PDF
Date Version Documents
05/09/2019 FN2 PDF
01/17/2019 FN1 PDF
Activity Vote Documents
Refer House Bill 19-1041 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 4-0. Vote summary
Hearing Summary
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Committee Report:  PDF
Activity Vote Documents
Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment B). The motion passed without objection. Vote summary
Refer House Bill 19-1041, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 11-0. Vote summary
Hearing Summary
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Committee Report:  PDF
Date Calendar Motion Vote Vote Document
03/14/2019 Third Reading BILL
34
AYE
1
NO
0
OTHER
 		Vote record
Date Calendar Motion Vote Vote Document
01/28/2019 Third Reading BILL
53
AYE
11
NO
0
OTHER
 		Vote record
Date Amendment Number Committee/ Floor Hearing Status Documents
01/22/2019 L.002 HOU Health & Insurance Passed [*] PDF

* Amendments passed in committee are not incorporated into the measure unless adopted by the full House or Senate.

** The status of Second Reading amendments may be subsequently affected by the adoption of an amendment to the Committee of the Whole Report. Refer to the House or Senate Journal for additional information.

Date Location Action
03/28/2019 Governor Governor Signed
03/20/2019 Governor Sent to the Governor
03/19/2019 House Signed by the Speaker of the House
03/19/2019 Senate Signed by the President of the Senate
03/14/2019 Senate Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
03/13/2019 Senate Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments
03/12/2019 Senate Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
03/07/2019 Senate Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
01/29/2019 Senate Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services
01/28/2019 House House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
01/25/2019 House House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee
01/22/2019 House House Committee on Health & Insurance Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
01/04/2019 House Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Insurance
Effective Date Chapter # Title Documents
08/02/2019 62 Require Surgical Smoke Protection Policies PDF

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