File Code: Public Health
Prior Year Introduction As: 
SB 355/08 - FIN
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Senator Lenett
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
Health Care Facilities - Disclosures - Use of Life-Sustaining Procedures
 
Requiring health care facilities to provide information concerning the
right to make specified decisions about health care and the
availability of hospice care, request a copy of existing advance
directives under specified circumstances, and inform competent
individuals or proxy decision makers about specified facility
procedures; requiring the State Advisory Council on Quality Care at
the End of Life to consult with specified groups before developing and
making publicly available specified resources; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occurring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
Senate Action
- 1/23
 - First Reading Finance
 - 1/28
 - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 3/26
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
 - 3/27
 - Favorable with Amendments
 -      Laid Over (Senator Dyson) Adopted
 -      Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Floor Amendment (Senator Dyson)
 -      Special Order later today (Senator Della) Adopted
 -      Favorable with Amendments
 -      Special Order later today (Senator Dyson) Adopted
 - 3/28
 - Floor Amendment (Senator Dyson) Withdrawn
 -      Floor Amendment (Senator Dyson)
 -      Special Order later today (Senator Middleton)  Adopted
 -      Floor Amendment (Senator Dyson) Adopted
 -      Floor Amendment (Senator Lenett) Adopted (32-13)
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 3/30
 - Third Reading Passed (43-3)
 
House Action
- 3/29
 - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
 - 4/6
 - Re-referred Health and Government Operations
 - 4/7
 - Hearing 4/8 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 4/13
 - Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations
 
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Advance Medical Directives
 - Clinics
 - Committees and Commissions -see also- Political Committees
 - Death -see also- Advance Medical Directives; Wrongful Death.
 - Disclosure
 - Electronic Commerce -see also- Electronic Funds Transfer
 - Electronic Government
 - Health Care Commission
 - Health Occupations -see also- specific health occupations
 - Home Care Services -see also- Respite Care
 - Hospices
 - Hospitals -see also- Clinics; State Hospitals
 - Nursing Homes -see also- Continuing Care; Long Term Care
 - Patients
 - Physicians -see also- Dentists; Med Exmnrs; Psych; etc
 
Bill affects the following Statutes:
-   Health - General
 - (
 5-615 ,
 5-615 ,
 5-615 ,
 5-615 
)
 
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
 First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
 - Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
 Available
 - Amendments (Displayed in PDF Format):
 Senate
- Number: 913429/01     Offered on: March 30, 2009      at:
8:16 p.m.      Status: Withdrawn
 - Number: 913429/02     Offered on: March 30, 2009      at:
10:59 p.m.     Status: Adopted
 - Number: 977173/01     Offered on: March 30, 2009      at:
3:24 p.m.      Status: Adopted
 - Number: 983520/02     Offered on: March 30, 2009      at:
11:00 p.m.     Status: Adopted
 
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
 Senate
- March 28, 2009: Floor Amendment (Lenett) {983520/2 Adopted  (32-13)
 - March 30, 2009: Third Reading Passed  (43-3)