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HB 2378 Health Commissioner; duties thereof.
Introduced by: Phillip A. Hamilton | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Health Commissioner; goals of licensure. Requires the Commissioner to ensure, in the licensure of health care facilities, that quality of care, patient safety, and patient privacy are the overriding goals of such licensure and related enforcement efforts, to coordinate with the Department of Health's emergency preparedness and response efforts, and to ensure that prevention of disease and protection of public health remain the Department's overriding goals. This bill is identical to SB 1240 (Quayle).
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/07 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 072467129 pdf | impact statement
- 01/30/07 House: Committee substitute printed 077654129-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/15/07 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2378ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/15/07 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0320) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/09/07 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 072467129
- 01/09/07 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/30/07 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/07 House: Committee substitute printed 077654129-H1
- 01/31/07 House: Read first time
- 02/01/07 House: Read second time
- 02/01/07 House: Committee substitute agreed to 077654129-H1
- 02/01/07 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2378H1
- 02/02/07 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/07 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/07 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/05/07 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/05/07 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/08/07 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/07 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/07 Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/07 Senate: Read third time
- 02/12/07 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/07 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/07 House: Enrolled
- 02/15/07 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2378ER)
- 02/15/07 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/15/07 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/13/07 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 320 (effective 7/1/07)
- 03/15/07 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0320)