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2010 SESSION
SB 275 Advance medical directives; clarifies authority.
Introduced by: Mary Margaret Whipple | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Advance medical directives. Clarifies authority of an advance directive in cases in which a person is subject to an emergency custody, temporary detention, involuntary admission, or mandatory outpatient treatment order; eliminates the requirement that a second physician or licensed clinical psychologist provide a written certification that a patient is incapable of making an informed decision in cases in which the patient is unconscious or experiencing a profound impairment of conscious function due to trauma, stroke, or other acute physiological condition; adds a provision authorizing a person who has exhibited special care and concern for a patient and is familiar with the patient's beliefs and values to make health care decisions on that patient's behalf if the patient is incapable of making an informed decision, except in cases in which the proposed treatment involves the withholding or withdrawing of a life-prolonging procedure; and clarifies the procedure regarding decisions made over a patient's protest. This bill also provides that a public guardian may authorize admission of an incapacitated person to a mental health facility in certain situations.
FULL TEXT
- 01/12/10 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10100376D pdf
- 02/25/10 House: Committee substitute printed 10105612D-H1 pdf
- 03/11/10 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB275ER) pdf
- 04/21/10 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB275ER2) pdf
- 04/21/10 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0792) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/12/10 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10100376D
- 01/12/10 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/14/10 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health Care
- 01/21/10 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/10 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/10 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/26/10 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/10 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/03/10 House: Read first time
- 02/03/10 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 02/19/10 House: Assigned HWI sub: #3
- 02/23/10 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 2-N)
- 02/25/10 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/10 House: Committee substitute printed 10105612D-H1
- 02/26/10 House: Read second time
- 03/01/10 House: Read third time
- 03/01/10 House: Committee substitute agreed to 10105612D-H1
- 03/01/10 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB275H1
- 03/01/10 House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/10 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/10 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/10 Senate: Title replaced 10105612D-H1
- 03/11/10 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/11/10 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB275ER)
- 03/11/10 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/13/10 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/13/10 Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 04/20/10 Senate: Placed on Calendar
- 04/21/10 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- 04/21/10 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (95-Y 0-N)
- 04/21/10 House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION (95-Y 0-N)
- 04/21/10 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/21/10 House: Reenrolled
- 04/21/10 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB275ER2)
- 04/21/10 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/21/10 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/21/10 House: Enacted, Chapter 792 (effective 7/1/10)
- 04/21/10 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0792)