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2009 SESSION

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HB 2141 Infectious disease; deemed consent for testing for HIV or hepatitis B or C, etc.

Introduced by: Jackson H. Miller | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Infectious disease; deemed consent for testing. Requires that if any salaried or volunteer firefighter, paramedic, or emergency medical technician becomes exposed to another's body fluids in a measure that may transmit HIV or hepatitis, the other person will be deemed to have consented to testing for those viruses.  The bill also removes the duty of a law-enforcement officer to inform a person of his deemed consent prior to exposure to his body fluids.

FULL TEXT

• 01/13/09  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 090764806  pdf | impact statement
• 01/27/09  House: Committee substitute printed 093262640-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/18/09  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2141ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 02/25/09  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0096)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/13/09  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 090764806
• 01/13/09  House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
• 01/21/09  House: Assigned HWI sub: Health
• 01/26/09  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s)
• 01/27/09  House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
• 01/27/09  House: Committee substitute printed 093262640-H1
• 01/28/09  House: Read first time
• 01/29/09  House: Read second time
• 01/29/09  House: Committee substitute agreed to 093262640-H1
• 01/29/09  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2141H1
• 01/30/09  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
• 01/30/09  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
• 02/02/09  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/02/09  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 02/12/09  Senate: Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)
• 02/13/09  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/16/09  Senate: Read third time
• 02/16/09  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/18/09  House: Enrolled
• 02/18/09  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2141ER)
• 02/18/09  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/18/09  Senate: Signed by President
• 02/25/09  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 96 (effective 7/1/09)
• 02/25/09  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0096)