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Senate Committee on Education and Health Subcommittee Health

Newman (Chairman), Black, Garrett, Barker, Lewis

Date of Meeting: January 20, 2015
Time and Place: 45 Min. after adjournment - 3rd Fl. East Conf. Room

S.B. 750 Hospitals; required notice to patients.

Patrons: Black, Barker

Hospitals; required notice to patients. Requires hospitals to provide oral and written notice to any patient that has been placed in observation or outpatient status that he has been placed in such status if (i) the patient receives onsite services from the hospital and (ii) such onsite services include a hospital bed and meals that are provided in an area of the hospital other than the emergency department.

S.B. 835 Newborn screening; Krabbe disease.

Patron: Edwards

Newborn screening; Krabbe disease. Requires the screening tests conducted on every infant born in the Commonwealth to include a screening test for Krabbe disease and other lysosomal storage disorders.

S.B. 851 Hospital discharge procedures; designation of individual to receive information and instructions.

Patron: Favola

Hospital discharge procedures; designation of individual to receive information and instructions. Requires hospitals to provide patients with the opportunity to designate an individual to receive information about the patient's discharge plan, together with information and instruction about any follow-up care, treatment, or services that the individual may require, and requires hospitals to provide a discharge plan and information regarding follow-up care, treatment, and services to the designated individual prior to the patient's discharge or transfer to another facility.

S.B. 857 Hospitals; required notice to patients.

Patron: Ebbin

Hospitals; required notice to patients. Requires hospitals to provide oral and written notice to any patient that has been placed in observation or outpatient status that he has been placed in such status if (i) the patient receives onsite services from the hospital and (ii) such onsite services include a hospital bed and meals that are provided in an area of the hospital other than the emergency department.