SB 2572: Life-sustaining Treatment Form
GENERAL BILL by Crist
Life-sustaining Treatment Form; requires DOH to create physician orders for life-sustaining treatment (POLST) form; requires form to be completed by licensed health care professional & signed by specified parties; provides circumstances in which form may be revoked; authorizes certain future revisions to form; requires completed form to be part of principal's medical record; requires DOH to place form on department's Internet website, etc. Amends 765.101; creates 765.3065.
Effective Date: 07/01/2006
Last Action: 5/5/2006 Senate - Died in Committee on Health Care
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 5/5/2006 Senate - Died in Committee on Health Care
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 3/3/2006 | Senate |
• Filed |
| 3/22/2006 | Senate |
• Introduced, referred to Health Care; Judiciary; Health and Human Services Appropriations -SJ 00289 |
| 5/5/2006 | Senate |
• Died in Committee on Health Care |