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2002 SESSION

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HB 37 Witnesses; treatment plan of practitioner admissible.

Introduced by: William J. Howell | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Communications between physicians and patients. Provides that a diagnosis or treatment plan of the practitioner, as documented in the patient's medical record, during the time of the practitioner's treatment, may be disclosed in discovery or in testimony. To be admissible at trial, the diagnosis must be offered at a reasonable degree of medical probability.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/02  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 12/10/01 024405772  pdf
• 02/04/02  House: Committee substitute printed 023939772-H1  pdf
• 03/08/02  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB37ER)  pdf
• 04/02/02  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0308)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/09/02  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 12/10/01 024405772
• 01/09/02  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/01/02  House: Reported from C. J. with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/04/02  House: Committee substitute printed 023939772-H1
• 02/05/02  House: Read first time
• 02/06/02  House: Read second time
• 02/06/02  House: Committee substitute agreed to 023939772-H1
• 02/06/02  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute 023939772-H1
• 02/07/02  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/07/02  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/07/02  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/08/02  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/08/02  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/20/02  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/02  Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/02  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/25/02  Senate: Read third time
• 02/25/02  Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/25/02  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (38-Y 0-N)
• 03/08/02  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB37ER)
• 03/09/02  House: Enrolled
• 03/09/02  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/12/02  Senate: Signed by President
• 04/01/02  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 308 (effective 7/1/02)
• 04/02/02  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0308)