2008 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 251

File Code: Health Care Facilities and Regulation
Sponsored By:
Delegates Morhaim, Cardin, and Stein
Entitled:
Health Care Decisions Act - Disclosure by Health Care Facilities - Practices Related to Use of Life-Sustaining Procedures

Synopsis:

Requiring health care facilities to make a specified disclosure concerning facility practices with respect to specified patient preferences, medical orders, and outcome assessments; specifying the manner of disclosures; prohibiting a construction that would impair specified authority of health care facilities or require health care facilities to adopt specified policies or procedures; etc.

History by Legislative and Calendar Date

Legislative date is used to record history occuring in the Chambers otherwise Calendar date is used.
House Action
1/23
First Reading Health and Government Operations
Hearing 1/29 at 1:00 p.m.
3/11
Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations
Senate Action
No Action

Sponsored by:

Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
Delegate Jon S. Cardin, District 11
Delegate Dana Stein, District 11

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Advance Medical Directives
Clinics
Committees and Commissions -see also- Political Committees
Disclosure
Health -see also- Mental Health
Hospices
Hospitals -see also- Clinics; State Hospitals
Nursing Homes -see also- Continuing Care; Long Term Care
Patients
Public Information

Bill affects the following Statute:

Tax - General
( 5-615 )

Documents:

Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format): First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format): Available
Amendments: None offered