HB 957: Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment
GENERAL BILL by Gonzalez
Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment; Requires DOH to develop & adopt by rule physician orders for life-sustaining treatment (POLST) form; requires AHCA to act as state clearinghouse for compassionate & palliative care plans; authorizes hospice care team to withhold or withdraw cardiopulmonary resuscitation if patient has POLST form that contains such order; requires DOH to establish procedures for honoring POLST form; requires health care surrogate to provide written consent for POLST form under certain circumstances.
Effective Date: 1/1/2017
Last Action: 3/11/2016 House - Died in Health Quality Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF
Last Action: 3/11/2016 House - Died in Health Quality Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 12/14/2015 House • Filed
1/8/2016 House • Referred to Health Quality Subcommittee; Civil Justice Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 82
1/12/2016 House • Introduced -HJ 82
3/11/2016 House • Died in Health Quality Subcommittee
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HB 957, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 12/14/2015 at 2:12 PM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (2)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 664 (c1) Physician Orders for Life-sustaining Treatment Brandes Similar Last Action: 3/11/2016 S Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
Location: In committee/council (AHS)
S 662 (c1) Public Records/Clearinghouse for Compassionate and Palliative Care Plans/AHCA Brandes Compare Last Action: 3/11/2016 S Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
Location: In committee/council (GO)
Citations - Statutes (13)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 395.1041 Access to emergency services and care. Page 6 (pdf) 400.142 Emergency medication kits; orders not to resuscitate. Page 7 (pdf) 400.487 Home health service agreements; physician’s, physician assistant’s, and advanced registered nurse practitioner’s treatment orders; patient assessment; establishment and review of plan of care; provision of services; orders not to resuscitate. Page 7 (pdf) 400.605 Administration; forms; fees; rules; inspections; fines. Page 10 (pdf) 400.6095 Patient admission; assessment; plan of care; discharge; death. Page 10 (pdf) 401.35 Rules. Page 11 (pdf) 401.45 Denial of emergency treatment; civil liability. Page 12 (pdf) 401.455 Page 12 (pdf) 408.064 Page 4 (pdf) 429.255 Use of personnel; emergency care. Page 22 (pdf) 429.73 Rules and standards relating to adult family-care homes. Page 23 (pdf) 456.072 Grounds for discipline; penalties; enforcement. Page 23 (pdf) 765.205 Responsibility of the surrogate. Page 24 (pdf)