CHAPTER NUMBER: 522
File Code: Public Health
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 592
- Sponsored By:
-
Senator Hollinger
- Entitled:
-
Health Care Decisions Act - Advance Directives - Selection of Health
Care Agent and Treatment Preferences
Clarifying the forms relating to the selection of a health care agent,
treatment preferences (living wills), and organ donations; clarifying
that surrogate decision-makers may make decisions when health care
agents are unavailable; altering a definition; etc.
Senate Action
- 1/30
- First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 2/8
- Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/6
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 3/7
- Favorable with Amendments
- Laid Over (Senator Green) Adopted
- 3/8
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/10
- Third Reading Passed (45-0)
- 4/6
- Senate Concur - House Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (44-0)
- Passed Enrolled
House Action
- 3/13
- First Reading Health and Government Operations
- 3/15
- Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/4
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
- 3/31
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/1
- Special Order 4/6 (Delegate Hubbard) Adopted
- 4/2
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (135-0)
Action after passage in Senate and House
- 5/26
- Became Law without Governor's signature per Maryland Constitution - Chapter 522
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ADVANCE MEDICAL DIRECTIVES
- AGENTS AND BROKERS
- DEATH -see also- ADVANCE MEDICAL DIRECTIVES; WRONGFUL DEATH.
- FORMS
- FUNERALS
- HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH
- HEALTH OCCUPATIONS -see also- specific health occupations
- NURSES
- ORGAN DONORSHIP
- PHYSICIANS -see also- DENTISTS; MED EXMNRS; PSYCH; etc
- PSYCHOLOGISTS
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
5-603 ,
5-603 ,
5-605
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments (Displayed in WordPerfect 8 Format):
Senate
- Number: 044836/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 8, 2006 at:
10:26 a.m. Status: Adopted
House
- Number: 546482/01 (PDF) Offered on: April 4, 2006 at:
12:05 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
Senate
- March 10, 2006: Third Reading Passed (45-0)
- April 6, 2006: Third Reading Passed (44-0)
House
- April 2, 2006: Third Reading Passed (135-0)