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SENATE BILL 402

File Code: Health Occupations
Prior Year Introduction As: SB 882/09 - EHE

Sponsored By:
Senators Klausmeier, Conway, Currie, Mooney, and Stone

Entitled:
Physicians - Professional Liability Insurance Coverage - Notification and Posting Requirements

Synopsis:

Requiring physicians licensed to practice medicine in the State to notify patients in writing of information relating to professional liability insurance coverage; requiring that the notification be provided to a patient and signed by a patient at the time of the patient's first visit or at the first visit after the licensee's receipt of specified information and be retained by a physician as part of the physician's patient records; requiring specified physicians to post information in their place of practice; etc.

History by Legislative and Calendar Date

Legislative date is used to record history occurring in the Chambers otherwise Calendar date is used. Explain Legislative Date and Calendar Date
Senate Action
1/29
First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
2/3
Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
3/8
Favorable with Amendments Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
3/9
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/11
Third Reading Passed (47-0)
House Action
3/12
First Reading Health and Government Operations
3/17
Hearing 4/1 at 1:00 p.m.
4/8
Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations

Sponsored by:

Senator Katherine Klausmeier, District 8
Senator Joan Carter Conway, District 43
Senator Ulysses Currie, District 25
Senator Alexander X. Mooney, District 3
Senator Norman R. Stone, Jr., District 6

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Committees and Commissions -see also- Political Committees
Disclosure
Health Occupations -see also- specific health occupations
Insurance -see also- Health Ins; MAIF; Motor Vehicle Ins
Liability -see also- Good Samaritan
Medical Malpractice
Notices
Patients
Physicians -see also- Dentists; Med Exmnrs; Psych; etc
Records -see also- Land Records; Vital Records
Signs and Billboards

Bill affects the following Statute:

Health Occupations
( 14-508 )

Documents

All documents except Roll Call Votes are displayed in PDF format:
Bill Text: First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled

Fiscal and Policy Note: Available

Amendments:
Senate
Number: 884033/01     Offered on: March 9, 2010   at: 11:13 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Committee Votes Explain Committee Votes:
Senate
Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
House
Health and Government Operations

Roll Call Vote (Legislative date is shown):
Senate
March 11, 2010: Third Reading Passed (47-0)



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