SB 578: Domestic Partners
GENERAL BILL by Sobel ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Margolis ; Joyner ; Soto ; Bullard ; Smith
Domestic Partners; Requiring a facility providing mental health services to authorize access to a patient by his or her domestic partner; adding “domestic partner” to the definition of the term “patient representative” as it relates to the Florida Electronic Health Records Exchange Act; establishing requirements for domestic partnership; identifying rights afforded to domestic partners; providing for termination of a domestic partnership; providing that a domestic partner may serve as a health care proxy, etc.
Last Action: 5/2/2014 Senate - Died in Health Policy
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
- Health Policy (HP)
- Community Affairs (CA)
- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
- Judiciary (JU)
Bill History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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1/3/2014 | Senate |
• Filed |
1/10/2014 | Senate |
• Referred to Health Policy; Community Affairs; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Judiciary -SJ 48 |
3/4/2014 | Senate |
• Introduced -SJ 47 |
5/2/2014 | Senate |
• Died in Health Policy |