SB 206: Physician Orders for Life-sustaining Treatment
GENERAL BILL by Brandes
Physician Orders for Life-sustaining Treatment; Establishing the Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Program within the Department of Health for specified purposes; specifying which document takes precedence when directives in POLST forms conflict with other advance directives; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration, by a specified date, to establish and maintain a clearinghouse for compassionate and palliative care plans consisting of a database accessible to health care providers and facilities and other authorized individuals; authorizing specified personnel to withhold or withdraw cardiopulmonary resuscitation if presented with a POLST form that contains an order not to resuscitate the patient, etc.
Last Action: 5/3/2019 Senate - Died in Health Policy
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
- Health Policy (HP)
- Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
- Appropriations (AP)
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 12/21/2018 | Senate |
• Filed |
| 1/10/2019 | Senate |
• Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 48 |
| 3/5/2019 | Senate |
• Introduced -SJ 47 |
| 5/3/2019 | Senate |
• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration • Died in Health Policy |
