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CS/HB 1253: Rights and Responsibilities of Patients

GENERAL BILL by Health and Human Services Committee ; Harrison

Rights and Responsibilities of Patients; Requires health care facilities & providers to authorize patients to bring in any person of patients' choosing to specified areas of facilities or providers' offices; provides exception; requires health care facilities & providers to include such authorization as additional patient standard in statement of rights & responsibilities made available to patients by health care providers.

Effective Date: 7/1/2017
Last Action: 6/26/2017 - Chapter No. 2017-152
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
3/5/2017 House • Filed
3/7/2017 House • Introduced -HJ 131
3/10/2017 House • Referred to Health Quality Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 350
3/17/2017 House • On Committee agenda-- Health Quality Subcommittee, 03/21/17, 12:30 pm, Mashburn Hall
3/21/2017 House • Favorable by Health Quality Subcommittee; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -HJ 424
• Now in Health and Human Services Committee
3/28/2017 House • On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 03/30/17, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
3/30/2017 House • CS by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0 -HJ 529
4/3/2017 House • Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
• CS by Health and Human Services Committee read 1st time -HJ 527
4/4/2017 House • Placed on Calendar -HJ 562
4/13/2017 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/18/17
4/18/2017 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/19/17
4/19/2017 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 739
• Placed on 3rd reading
4/20/2017 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 770
• CS passed; YEAS 117 NAYS 0 -HJ 770
4/25/2017 Senate • In Messages
• Referred to Health Policy; Judiciary; Rules -SJ 461
• Received -SJ 461
5/3/2017 Senate • Withdrawn from Health Policy; Judiciary; Rules -SJ 716
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 716
• Substituted for CS/SB 1206 -SJ 716
• Read 2nd time -SJ 716
• Placed on 3rd reading
5/5/2017 Senate • Read 3rd time -SJ 899
• CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 -SJ 899
5/5/2017 House • Ordered enrolled -HJ 1641
6/14/2017 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
6/23/2017 • Approved by Governor
6/26/2017 • Chapter No. 2017-152