HOUSE BILL 1120

File Code: Health Care Facilities and Regulation

Sponsored By:

Delegates Pitkin, Branch, Clagett, Conroy, Frush, Menes, Moe, Nathan-Pulliam, Rosenberg, and Valderrama

Entitled:

Health Care Facilities - Pain Management - The "Fifth Vital Sign"

Synopsis:

Requiring health care facilities to monitor pain as a vital sign in patients and residents; adding the right to have pain assessed, managed, and treated to the patient's bill of rights for hospitals and related institutions; requiring specified health care facilities to add pain management to any patient's bill of rights distributed; requiring health care facilities to implement a pain management training program developed by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action

2/9

First Reading Environmental Matters

2/21

Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m.

3/24

Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters

Senate Action

No Action

Sponsored by:

Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23

Delegate Talmadge Branch, District 45

Delegate Virginia P. Clagett, District 30

Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23

Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21

Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21

Delegate Brian R. Moe, District 21

Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10

Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 42

Delegate David M. Valderrama, District 26

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

DRUGS -see also- CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUB; SUBSTANCE ABUSE

EDUCATION -see also- DRIVER ED; HIGHER ED; SPECIAL ED; etc

HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH

HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF

HEALTH OCCUPATIONS -see also specific health occupations-

HOSPITALS -see also- CLINICS; STATE HOSPITALS

HUMAN RIGHTS

NOTICES

NURSING HOMES -see also- CONTINUING CARE; LONG TERM CARE

PATIENTS

RECORDS -see also- LAND RECORDS; VITAL RECORDS

RULES AND REGULATIONS

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Health - General

( 19-3C-01 , 19-342 , 19-343 , 19-353 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled

Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments: None offered