CHAPTER NUMBER: 450
File Code: Public Health
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 398
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Jacobs, Lawlah, and Stone
- Entitled:
-
Hospitals - Umbilical Cord Blood - Donation
Requiring each hospital to allow pregnant patients the option of
arranging for the donation of a newborn child's umbilical cord blood
to certified public cord blood banks with a specified exception;
prohibiting a patient from being charged for the collection, storage,
or transportation of donated cord blood; providing that a hospital is
not required to collect cord blood from a patient if a licensed
physician determines that collection would threaten the health of the
mother or child; etc.
Senate Action
- 2/3
- First Reading Finance
- 2/11
- Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/13
- Hearing cancelled
- Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/8
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/10
- Third Reading Passed (46-0)
- 4/7
- Returned Passed
- 5/26
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 450
House Action
- 3/11
- First Reading Health and Government Operations
- 3/17
- Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/7
- Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations
- 4/3
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 4/4
- Third Reading Passed (140-0)
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Nancy Jacobs, District 34
- Senator Gloria Lawlah, District 26
- Senator Norman R. Stone, Jr., District 6
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- HEALTH OCCUPATIONS -see also- specific health occupations
- HOSPITALS -see also- CLINICS; STATE HOSPITALS
- ORGAN DONORSHIP
- PATIENTS
- PHYSICIANS -see also- DENTISTS; MED EXMNRS; PSYCH; etc
- PREGNANCY
- RELIGION -see also- CHURCHES
- WOMEN
- Bill affects the following Statute:
- Health - General
- (
19-308.7
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- Senate
- Number: 227276/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 8, 2004 at:
8:33 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- Senate
- March 10, 2004: Third Reading Passed (46-0)
- House
- April 4, 2004: Third Reading Passed (140-0)
