SB 1240: Health Care Advance Directives
GENERAL BILL by Brown-Waite
Health Care Advance Directives; defines term "palliative care"; redefines term "terminal condition" to provide that such condition is not necessary for ensuring right to refuse treatment; revises provision re procedure for making living will to remove reference to terminal condition; removes reference to physical condition which is terminal re procedure for living will; removes reference to terminal condition re procedure in absence of living will, etc. Amends Ch. 765.
Effective Date: 10/01/1999
Last Action: 4/30/1999 Senate - Died in Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to CS/CS/SB 2228 (Ch. 99-331)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 4/30/1999 Senate - Died in Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to CS/CS/SB 2228 (Ch. 99-331)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/17/1999 | Senate |
• Prefiled |
| 3/2/1999 | Senate |
• Introduced, referred to Health, Aging and Long-Term Care; Judiciary -SJ 00083 |
| 4/30/1999 | Senate |
• Died in Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to CS/CS/SB 2228 (Ch. 99-331) |