File Code: Health Care Facilities and Regulation
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 879
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Braveboy, Griffith, Ivey, and Valderrama
- Entitled:
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Hospitals - Safe Patient Lifting
Requiring hospitals to establish a safe patient lifting committee with
an equal number of managers and employees on or before December 1,
2007; requiring the committee to establish a safe patient lifting
policy on or before July 1, 2008; requiring the committee to consider
specified factors while developing a safe patient lifting policy; etc.
House Action
- 2/19
- First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
- 3/5
- Re-referred Health and Government Operations
- 3/7
- Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/23
- Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations
- 3/20
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 3/21
- Third Reading Passed (137-0)
- 3/30
- Returned Passed
Senate Action
- 3/23
- First Reading Finance
- 3/27
- Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/3
- Favorable Report by Finance
- 3/31
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 4/1
- Third Reading Passed (45-2)
Action after passage in House and Senate
- 4/10
- Approved by the Governor
- - Chapter 57
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Joseline Pena-Melnyk, District 21
- Delegate Aisha N. Braveboy, District 25
- Delegate Melony G. Griffith, District 25
- Delegate Jolene Ivey, District 47
- Delegate Kriselda Valderrama, District 26
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Committees and Commissions -see also- Political Committees
- Equipment -see also- Motor Vehicle Equipment
- Health Occupations -see also- specific health occupations
- Hospitals -see also- Clinics; State Hospitals
- Nurses
- Occcupational Safety
- Patients
Bill affects the following Statute:
- Health - General
- (
19-377
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments:
None offered
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
- March 21, 2007: Third Reading Passed (137-0)
Senate
- April 1, 2007: Third Reading Passed (45-2)