File Code: Health Care Facilities and Regulation
- Sponsored By:
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Delegates Murray, Carter, Franchot, Gutierrez, Haynes, Hixson,
Hubbard, King, Kirk, Lawton, Madaleno, Marriott, Montgomery, Oaks,
Paige, Parker, Stern, F. Turner, and Vaughn
- Entitled:
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Hospital Patient Safety and Awareness Act
Requiring specified hospital clinical staff and trainees to wear
badges containing identifying information; requiring specified
information to be provided by specified hospitals to a patient before
or at the time of admission; requiring specified clinical staff to
contact or assist a patient in contacting the attending physician;
requiring specified hospitals to establish procedures to provide a
specified patient assistance system for the resolution of a patient's
personal medical care concerns; etc.
House Action
- 2/6
- First Reading Health and Government Operations
- 2/8
- Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
Senate Action
- No Action
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Gareth E. Murray, District 20
- Delegate Jill P. Carter, District 41
- Delegate Peter Franchot, District 20
- Delegate Ana Sol Gutierrez, District 18
- Delegate Keith E. Haynes, District 44
- Delegate Sheila E. Hixson, District 20
- Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A
- Delegate Nancy J. King, District 39
- Delegate Ruth M. Kirk, District 44
- Delegate Jane E. Lawton, District 18
- Delegate Richard S. Madaleno, Jr., District 18
- Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40
- Delegate Karen S. Montgomery, District 14
- Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41
- Delegate Jeffrey A. Paige, District 44
- Delegate Rosetta C. Parker, District 47
- Delegate Joan F. Stern, District 39
- Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13
- Delegate Michael L. Vaughn, District 24
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CIVIL ACTIONS -see also- SMALL CLAIMS
- CONSUMER PROTECTION -see also- UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES
- DISCLOSURE
- HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF
- HEALTH OCCUPATIONS -see also- specific health occupations
- HOSPITALS -see also- CLINICS; STATE HOSPITALS
- IDENTIFICATION
- NURSES
- PATIENTS
- PHYSICIANS -see also- DENTISTS; MED EXMNRS; PSYCH; etc
- RULES AND REGULATIONS
- SAFETY -see also- OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
19-377 ,
19-378 ,
19-379 ,
19-380 ,
19-381 ,
19-382 ,
19-383
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments:
None offered