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CS/HB 651: Medically Essential Electric Utility Service

GENERAL BILL by Commerce Committee ; Smith, D.

Medically Essential Electric Utility Service; Specifies that certain utilities are not exempt from providing medically essential electric service; provides notification requirements for electric utilities relating to certification process for obtaining medically essential electric service & service disconnection; specifies duties of electric utilities; revises penalties for falsification of such certification; requires certain health care practitioners to inform certain patients of such certification process; requires such practitioners to provide patients with completed medical certifications & document certification.

Effective Date: 1/1/2020
Last Action: 5/3/2019 Senate - Died in Innovation, Industry, and Technology
Bill Text: PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Innovation, Industry, and Technology (IT)
  2. Health Policy (HP)
  3. Rules (RC)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/5/2019 House • Filed
2/13/2019 House • Referred to Energy and Utilities Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee; Commerce Committee -HJ 72
• On Committee agenda-- Energy and Utilities Subcommittee, 02/20/19, 4:00 pm, Webster Hall
2/20/2019 House • Favorable by Energy and Utilities Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 -HJ 301
2/21/2019 House • Now in Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 301
3/5/2019 House • Introduced -HJ 72
3/12/2019 House • On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 03/14/19, 12:00 pm, Morris Hall
3/14/2019 House • Favorable by Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 -HJ 442
• Now in Commerce Committee -HJ 442
3/19/2019 House • On Committee agenda-- Commerce Committee, 03/21/19, 12:00 pm, Webster Hall
3/21/2019 House • CS by- Commerce Committee; YEAS 23 NAYS 0 -HJ 490
3/22/2019 House • Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
3/25/2019 House • CS by Commerce Committee read 1st time -HJ 485
• Placed on Calendar -HJ 496
4/4/2019 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/10/19
4/10/2019 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 609
• Placed on 3rd reading
4/11/2019 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 648
• CS passed; YEAS 114 NAYS 0 -HJ 648
4/18/2019 Senate • In Messages
• Referred to Innovation, Industry, and Technology; Health Policy; Rules -SJ 396
4/22/2019 Senate • Received -SJ 396
5/3/2019 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
• Died in Innovation, Industry, and Technology