HB 249: Health Care Advance Directives
GENERAL BILL by Heyman ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Sanderson ; Greenstein
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 House - Died in Committee on Elder Affairs & Long-Term Care (HFC), 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 in Committee on Elder Affairs & Long-Term Care (HFC), 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1/6/1999 | House |
• Prefiled |
| 1/7/1999 | House |
• Referred to Elder Affairs & Long-Term Care (HFC); Health Care Services (HFC); Judiciary (CJC); Health & Human Services Appropriations (FRC) |
| 3/2/1999 | House |
• Introduced, referred to Elder Affairs & Long-Term Care (HFC); Health Care Services (HFC); Judiciary (CJC); Health & Human Services Appropriations (FRC) -HJ 00036 |
| 3/16/1999 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- Elder Affairs & Long-Term Care (HFC), 03/18/99, 10:00 am, 214C --Temporarily deferred |
| 4/30/1999 | House |
• Died in Committee on Elder Affairs & Long-Term Care (HFC), Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to CS/CS/SB 2228 (Ch. 99-331) |