CHAPTER NUMBER: 506 
File Code: Public Health
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 352  
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Delegates Morhaim, Boutin,
 Hurson, Hammen, Rudolph, Oaks, Murray, Benson, Mandel, Goldwater,
 Nathan-Pulliam, Hubbard, Rosenberg, Pendergrass, and
 V. Turner
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
 Health Care Decisions - "Patient's Plan of Care"
 Form - Communication of Patient Preferences
 
Authorizing specified health care providers to prepare specified forms
under specified circumstances; requiring the Office of the Attorney
General to develop a "Patient's Plan of Care" form that summarizes the
plan of care for an individual; specifying that the form is voluntary;
requiring the form to be consistent with specified health care
decisions; providing that the form may be completed by a health care
provider under supervision; etc.
House Action
- 2/3
 - First Reading Health and Government Operations
 - 2/4
 - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 3/1
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
 - 3/2
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 3/5
 - Motion vote previous question (Delegate Minnick) Adopted
 -      Third Reading Passed (100-38)
 - 4/4
 - House Concur - Senate Amendments
 -      Third Reading Passed (125-14)
 -      Passed Enrolled
 - 5/26
 - Signed by the Governor Chapter 506
 
Senate Action
- 3/8
 - First Reading Finance
 - 3/11
 - Re-assigned Education Health and Environmental Affairs
 - 4/5
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
 - 4/3
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 4/4
 - Third Reading Passed with Amendments (45-0)
 
- Sponsored by:
 - Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
 - Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
 - Delegate Charles R. Boutin, District 34A
 - Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16
 - Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46
 - Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A
 - Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18
 - Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19
 - Delegate Gareth E. Murray, District 20
 - Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
 - Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41
 - Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13
 - Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 41
 - Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 34B
 - Delegate Veronica Turner, District 26
 
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
 - ADVANCE MEDICAL DIRECTIVES
 - ATTORNEY GENERAL
 - DISCLOSURE
 - FORMS
 - HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH
 - HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF
 - HEALTH OCCUPATIONS -see also- specific health occupations
 - NURSING HOMES -see also- CONTINUING CARE; LONG TERM CARE
 - PATIENTS
 - PHYSICIANS -see also- DENTISTS; MED EXMNRS; PSYCH; etc
 - RECORDS -see also- LAND RECORDS; VITAL RECORDS
 - REPORTS
 - RULES AND REGULATIONS
 
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
 -   Health - General
 - (
 4-301 ,
 5-602 ,
 5-608 ,
 5-608.1 ,
 5-609 ,
 19-344 
)
 
- Bill Text:
 First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF) 
 - Fiscal Note:
 Available (PDF) 
 - Amendments:
- House 
 - Number: 256385/01 (PDF)     Offered on: March 2, 2004       at:
10:25 a.m.     Status: Adopted
 - Senate
 - Number: 594736/01 (PDF)     Offered on: April 5, 2004       at:
1:57 p.m.      Status: Adopted
 
 - Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- House 
 - March 5, 2004: Third Reading Passed  (100-38)
 - April 4, 2004: Third Reading Passed  (125-14)
 - Senate
 - April 4, 2004: Third Reading Passed  (45-0)