File Code: Public Health
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Pendergrass, DeBoy, Hammen, Love, and Morhaim
- Entitled:
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Health Care Decisions Act - Advance Directives - Electronic Documents and
Electronic Signatures
Establishing, for purposes of the Health Care Decisions Act, that an
electronic signature shall have the same effect as a manual signature,
if the electronic signature meets specified requirements; authorizing
a competent individual to make an electronic advance directive;
authorizing an advance directive to be revoked electronically;
defining the terms "electronic signature" and "signed"; altering the
definition of "advance directive" to include electronic documents;
etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occuring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
House Action
- 1/30
- First Reading Health and Government Operations
- 2/6
- Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/26
- Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations
- 2/27
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 2/29
- Third Reading Passed (137-0)
- 3/28
- Returned Passed
Senate Action
- 3/3
- First Reading Finance
- 3/18
- Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/31
- Favorable Report by Finance
- 3/28
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 3/29
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
Action after passage in House and Senate
- 4/8
- Approved by the Governor
- - Chapter 79
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13
- Delegate Steven J. DeBoy, Sr., District 12A
- Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46
- Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32
- Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Advance Medical Directives
- Computers -see also- Electronic Commerce; Electronic Govmnt.
- Health -see also- Mental Health
- Health Occupations -see also- specific health occupations
- Physicians -see also- Dentists; Med Exmnrs; Psych; etc
- Records -see also- Land Records; Vital Records
- Signatures
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Commercial Law
- (
21-101
)
- Health - General
- (
5-601 ,
5-601 ,
5-601 ,
5-601 ,
5-601 ,
5-601 ,
5-601 ,
5-601 ,
5-601 ,
5-601 ,
5-601 ,
5-601 ,
5-601.1 ,
5-602 ,
5-604
)
- 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
- February 29, 2008: Third Reading Passed (137-0)
Senate
- March 29, 2008: Third Reading Passed (47-0)