File Code: Public Health
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 203
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Morhaim and Kipke
- Entitled:
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Health Care Decisions Act - "Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment" Form
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in conjunction
with the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems and
the State Board of Physicians, to develop and periodically revise a
"Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment" form; requiring
specified health care facilities and authorizing other health care
providers to use a "Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment"
form; repealing provisions of law relating to the "Instructions on
Current Life-Sustaining Treatment Options" form; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occurring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
House Action
- 1/21
- First Reading Health and Government Operations
- 1/26
- Hearing 2/8 at 2:00 p.m.
- 3/1
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
- 3/2
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/4
- Third Reading Passed (136-0)
- 4/5
- House Concur - Senate Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (136-0)
- Passed Enrolled
Senate Action
- 3/7
- First Reading Finance
- 3/16
- Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/4
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- 4/1
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/2
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (46-0)
Action after passage in House and Senate
- 5/19
- Approved by the Governor
- - Chapter 434
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
- Delegate Nicholaus R. Kipke, District 31
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Administrative Agencies -see also- Electronic Government
- Advance Medical Directives
- Assisted Living -see also- Group Homes
- Committees and Commissions -see also- Political Committees
- Death -see also- Advance Medical Directives; Wrongful Death.
- Disclosure
- Electronic Government
- Emergency Medical Services
- Forms
- Health -see also- Mental Health
- Health Care Facilities -see also- Clinics; Hospices; etc
- Health and Mental Hygiene, Department of
- Health Occupations -see also- specific health occupations
- Home Care Services -see also- Respite Care
- Hospices
- Hospitals -see also- Clinics; State Hospitals
- Interstate Affairs
- Liability -see also- Good Samaritan
- Nurses
- Nursing Homes -see also- Continuing Care; Long-Term Care
- Patients
- Physicians -see also- Dentists; Med Exmnrs; Psych; etc
- Records -see also- Land Records; Vital Records
- Rules and Regulations
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
5-602 ,
5-602 ,
5-608 ,
5-608.1 ,
5-608.1 ,
5-609 ,
5-617 ,
5-619 ,
19-344
)
All documents except Roll Call Votes are
displayed in PDF format:
- Bill Text:
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter
- Fiscal and Policy Note:
Available
- Amendments:
House
- Number: 976681/01 Offered on: March 2, 2011 at:
10:17 a.m. Status: Adopted
Senate
- Number: 427771/01 Offered on: April 5, 2011 at:
10:35 a.m. Status: Adopted
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Committee Votes :
House
- Health and Government Operations
Senate
- Finance
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
- March 4, 2011: Third Reading Passed (136-0)
- April 5, 2011: Third Reading Passed (136-0)
Senate
- April 2, 2011: Third Reading Passed (46-0)