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HB 2449 Infectious disease; establishes deemed consent to test for HIV & hepatitis B & C and release result.
Introduced by: Mark D. Sickles | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Exposure to communicable diseases; first responders. Requires that if any salaried or volunteer firefighter, paramedic, or emergency medical technician becomes exposed to another's body fluids in a manner that may transmit HIV or hepatitis, the other person will be deemed to have consented to testing for those viruses. This bill removes the duty of a law-enforcement officer to inform a person of his deemed consent prior to exposure to his bodily fluids. Also, when a first responder is asked to transport someone with a communicable disease, this bill removes the transferring facility's discretion in deciding if the responder must be notified as to the general condition of the patient and any precautions to be taken, and instead always requires such notice. This bill is identical to SB 1107.
FULL TEXT
- 01/14/09 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 093219736 pdf | impact statement
- 02/03/09 House: Committee substitute printed 094134736-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/28/09 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2449ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/27/09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0478) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/14/09 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 093219736
- 01/14/09 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 02/02/09 House: Assigned HWI sub: Health
- 02/02/09 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s)
- 02/03/09 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/09 House: Committee substitute printed 094134736-H1
- 02/04/09 House: Read first time
- 02/05/09 House: Read second time
- 02/05/09 House: Committee substitute agreed to 094134736-H1
- 02/05/09 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2449H1
- 02/06/09 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/09 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/09 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/09/09 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/19/09 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/09 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/09 Senate: Read third time
- 02/23/09 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/09 House: Enrolled
- 02/28/09 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2449ER)
- 02/28/09 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/28/09 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/27/09 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 478 (effective 7/1/09)
- 03/27/09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0478)