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2015 SESSION

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HB 1956 Hospitals; patients who are deaf or hard-of-hearing.

Introduced by: Robert D. Orrock, Sr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Hospitals; patients and family members with sensory disabilities. Directs the Department of Health to (i) work with stakeholders to develop guidelines for hospitals to ensure that hospitals are complying with requirements of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act and that patients and family members with sensory disabilities are able to communicate effectively with health care providers and (ii) report on its progress in developing such guidelines to the General Assembly no later than December 1, 2015.

FULL TEXT

• 01/13/15  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15101900D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/03/15  House: Committee substitute printed 15104406D-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/19/15  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1956ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/16/15  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0113)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/13/15  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15101900D
• 01/13/15  House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
• 02/03/15  House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/03/15  House: Committee substitute printed 15104406D-H1
• 02/04/15  House: Read first time
• 02/05/15  House: Read second time
• 02/05/15  House: Committee substitute agreed to 15104406D-H1
• 02/05/15  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1956H1
• 02/06/15  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/15  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/09/15  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/09/15  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 02/12/15  Senate: Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N)
• 02/13/15  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 02/16/15  Senate: Read third time
• 02/16/15  Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/15  House: Enrolled
• 02/19/15  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1956ER)
• 02/19/15  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/20/15  Senate: Signed by President
• 02/23/15  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/23/15
• 02/23/15  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015
• 03/16/15  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 113 (effective 7/1/15)
• 03/16/15  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0113)