Bill > SB394

This bill expands the practice of Expedited Partner Therapy (EPT), which allows healthcare providers to treat the sexual partners of patients diagnosed with certain infections without directly examining the partner, to include bacterial vaginosis. EPT aims to stop the spread of infections and prevent reinfection of the diagnosed patient. Currently, EPT is authorized for chlamydia, gonorrhea, and trichomoniasis. This legislation adds bacterial vaginosis to that list and also authorizes licensed certified midwives, in addition to physicians, advanced practice registered nurses, physician assistants, and registered nurses employed by local health departments, to prescribe or dispense antibiotic therapy to sexual partners under EPT.