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2008 SESSION

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HB 1543 Surgical complications; requires physicians to report.

Introduced by: William R. Janis | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Health records; surgical complications reporting. Requires physicians to report, in writing or by electronic means, each patient who comes under his professional care and requires medical treatment or suffers death that the physician has a reasonable basis to believe is the result of an elective outpatient surgical procedure.  Complications resulting from elective outpatient surgical procedures. This bill provides that the report shall not contain any identifying information.

FULL TEXT

• 01/18/08  House: Presented and ordered printed 084025568  pdf | impact statement
• 01/29/08  House: Committee substitute printed 088570568-H1  pdf | impact statement

HISTORY

• 01/18/08  House: Presented and ordered printed 084025568
• 01/18/08  House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
• 01/29/08  House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (18-Y 4-N)
• 01/29/08  House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
• 01/29/08  House: Committee substitute printed 088570568-H1
• 01/30/08  House: Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources (Hamilton)
• 02/08/08  House: Reported from Appropriations (24-Y 0-N)
• 02/09/08  House: Read first time
• 02/11/08  House: Read second time
• 02/11/08  House: Committee substitute agreed to 088570568-H1
• 02/11/08  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1543H1
• 02/12/08  House: Read third time and passed House (87-Y 12-N)
• 02/12/08  House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (87-Y 12-N)
• 02/12/08  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/13/08  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/13/08  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 02/19/08  Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health Care
• 02/28/08  Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (10-Y 1-N)