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CS/SB 1206: Rights and Responsibilities of Patients

GENERAL BILL by Health Policy ; Montford

Rights and Responsibilities of Patients; Requiring health care facilities and providers to authorize patients to bring in any person of the patients’ choosing to specified areas of the facilities or providers’ offices under certain circumstances, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2017
 Last Action: 5/3/2017 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1253 (Ch. 2017-152) -SJ 716
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Judiciary (JU)
  3. Rules (RC)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/24/2017 Senate • Filed
3/6/2017 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Judiciary; Rules -SJ 127
3/7/2017 Senate • Introduced -SJ 127
3/22/2017 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/27/17, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
3/27/2017 Senate • CS by Health Policy; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 258
3/29/2017 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Now in Judiciary -SJ 258
• CS by Health Policy read 1st time -SJ 267
3/30/2017 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 04/04/17, 9:30 am, 110 Senate Office Building
4/4/2017 Senate • Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 299
4/5/2017 Senate • Now in Rules -SJ 299
4/20/2017 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/25/17, 2:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
4/25/2017 Senate • Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 478
4/26/2017 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 478
5/1/2017 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 05/03/17
5/3/2017 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 716
• Substituted CS/HB 1253 -SJ 716
• Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1253 (Ch. 2017-152) -SJ 716