File Code: Public Health
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Forehand, King, and Madaleno
- Entitled:
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Health - End-of-Life Care Options - Counseling
Requiring specified health care providers to provide, on request,
counseling regarding end-of-life care options; requiring end-of-life
care counseling to include specified information; authorizing
specified health care providers to make a referral for end-of-life
care counseling under specified circumstances; requiring specified
health care providers to refer or transfer a patient to another health
care provider under specified circumstances; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occurring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
Senate Action
- 2/5
- First Reading Finance
- 2/18
- Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/23
- Unfavorable Report by Finance
House Action
- No Action
Sponsored by:
- Senator Jennie M. Forehand, District 17
- Senator Nancy J. King, District 39
- Senator Richard S. Madaleno, Jr., District 18
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Advance Medical Directives
- Counselors -see also- Social Workers
- Death -see also- Advance Medical Directives; Wrongful Death.
- Disclosure
- 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
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
5-901 ,
5-902 ,
5-903 ,
5-904
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments:
None offered
