File Code: Public Health
Prior Year Introduction As:
SB 355/08 - FIN
- Sponsored By:
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Senator Lenett
- Entitled:
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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- Floor Amendment (Senator Dyson) Withdrawn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)
