HB 2131: End-of-life Care
GENERAL BILL by Elder Affairs & Long-Term Care ; Argenziano ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Heyman ; Sobel ; Reddick ; Fiorentino ; Bilirakis ; Littlefield ; Kosmas ; Bitner ; Jacobs ; Levine ; Bloom
End-of-life Care; authorizes personnel of hospital emergency services, long-term care facilities, assisted living facilities, home health agencies, hospices, & adult family-care homes to withhold or withdraw cardiopulmonary resuscitation pursuant to order not to resuscitate; revises authority of EMTs & paramedics to withhold or withdraw resuscitation or life-prolonging techniques; revises procedure for making living will, etc. Amends FS. APPROPRIATION: $100,000.
Effective Date: 10/01/1999 except as otherwise provided
Last Action: 4/30/1999 House - Died on Calendar, 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 House - Died on Calendar, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 4/6/1999 | House |
• Filed; Introduced -HJ 00502 |
| 4/8/1999 | House |
• Referred to Judiciary (CJC); Health & Human Services Appropriations (FRC) -HJ 00548 |
| 4/13/1999 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- Judiciary (CJC), 04/15/99, 1:30 pm, Morris Hall |
| 4/15/1999 | House |
• Comm. Action: Unanimously Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by Judiciary (CJC) -HJ 00750 |
| 4/19/1999 | House |
• Now in Health & Human Services Appropriations (FRC) -HJ 00750 |
| 4/21/1999 | House |
• Withdrawn from Health & Human Services Appropriations (FRC) -HJ 00673; Placed on calendar, available for General Calendar |
| 4/22/1999 | House |
• Placed on Special Order Calendar |
| 4/23/1999 | House |
• Placed on Special Order Calendar; Temporarily postponed, on Second Reading -HJ 01089 |
| 4/30/1999 | House |
• Died on Calendar, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to CS/CS/SB 2228 (Ch. 99-331) |