SENATE BILL 127

Sponsored By:

Senator Gladden

Entitled:

Hospitals and Nursing Facilities - Staphylococcus Infections - Reporting

Synopsis:

Requiring specified individuals to include specified information on a certificate of death; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with specified groups and stakeholders, to develop a system regarding the reporting of specified staphylococcus infections; requiring the Department to make a specified report to specified committees of the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2008; etc.

History by Legislative and Calendar Date

Senate Action

1/18

First Reading Finance

1/30

Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.

2/25

Unfavorable Report by Finance

House Action

No Action

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Death -see also- Advance Medical Directives; Wrongful Death.

Diseases -see also- AIDS; Rabies

Health and Mental Hygiene, Department of

Health Occupations -see also- specific health occupations

Hospitals -see also- Clinics; State Hospitals

Medical Examiners

Nursing Homes -see also- Continuing Care; Long Term Care

Physicians -see also- Dentists; Med Exmnrs; Psych; etc

Reports

Vital Records

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Health - General

( 4-212 , 19-308.9 )

Documents:

Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format): First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled

Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format): Available

Amendments: None offered