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HOUSE BILL 592

File Code: Public Health
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 369

Sponsored By:
Delegates Hubbard, Bobo, and Frush

Entitled:
Health Care Decisions Act - Advance Directives - Selection of Health Care Agent and Treatment Preferences

Synopsis:

Clarifying the forms relating to the selection of a health care agent, treatment preferences (living wills), and organ donations; clarifying that surrogate decision-makers may make decisions when health care agents are unavailable; altering a definition; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
2/2
First Reading Health and Government Operations
2/8
Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
2/28
Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
3/1
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/3
Third Reading Passed (140-0)
4/6
House Refuses to Concur - Senate Amendments
House Requests Senate Recede
Conference Committee Appointed ...
Delegates Hubbard, McDonough, and Donoghue
Senate Action
3/6
First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
4/4
Favorable with Amendments Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
4/5
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (46-0)
4/7
Senate Refuses to Recede
Conference Committee Appointed ...
Senators Conway, Britt, and Hollinger

Sponsored by:

Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A
Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B
Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

ADVANCE MEDICAL DIRECTIVES
AGENTS AND BROKERS
DEATH -see also- ADVANCE MEDICAL DIRECTIVES; WRONGFUL DEATH.
FORMS
HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH
HEALTH OCCUPATIONS -see also- specific health occupations
ORGAN DONORSHIP
PHYSICIANS -see also- DENTISTS; MED EXMNRS; PSYCH; etc
PSYCHOLOGISTS

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Health - General
( 5-603 , 5-603 , 5-605 )

Documents:

Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format): First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled

Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format): Available

Amendments (Displayed in WordPerfect 8 Format):
House
Number: 526985/01 (WordPerfect / PDF)     Offered on: March 1, 2006   at: 10:43 a.m.     Status: Adopted
Senate
Number: 654631/01 (WordPerfect / PDF)     Offered on: April 7, 2006   at: 10:46 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
March 3, 2006: Third Reading Passed (140-0)
Senate
April 5, 2006: Third Reading Passed (46-0)


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