HOUSE BILL 30

Sponsored By:

Delegates Bobo and Manno

Entitled:

Health Care Decisions Counseling - Workgroup

Synopsis:

Requiring the counsel for Health Decisions Policy in the Office of the Attorney General to convene a workgroup to study and make recommendations related to end-of-life counseling and hospice care; providing for the membership of the workgroup; requiring the workgroup to examine specified issues; and requiring the Council report the workgroup's findings to the Senate Finance Committee and the House Health and Government Operations Committee on or before December 31, 2009.

History by Legislative and Calendar Date

House Action

10/3

Pre-filed

1/14

First Reading Health and Government Operations

Hearing 1/27 at 1:00 p.m.

1/21

Hearing cancelled

Hearing 1/27 at 2:00 p.m.

3/10

Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations

3/11

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

3/13

Third Reading Passed (133-0)

Senate Action

3/16

First Reading Finance

3/18

Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.

Sponsored by:

Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B

Delegate Roger P. Manno, District 19

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Attorney General

Committees and Commissions -see also- Political Committees

Counselors -see also- Social Workers

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

Health -see also- Mental Health

Health Occupations -see also- specific health occupations

Hospices

Nurses

Patients

Physician Assistants

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

Reports

Documents:

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):

House

Number: 876583/01     Offered on: March 11, 2009   at: 12:12 p.m.     Status: Adopted

Roll Call Vote (Legislative date is shown):

House

March 13, 2009: Third Reading Passed (133-0)