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2019 SESSION
HB 2731 Lyme disease; disclosure of information to patients.
Introduced by: James E. Edmunds, II | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Lyme disease; disclosure of information to patients. Requires every laboratory reporting the results of a test for Lyme disease ordered by a health care provider in an office-based setting to include, together with the results of such test provided to the health care provider, a notice stating that the results of Lyme disease tests may vary and may produce results that are inaccurate and that a patient may not be able to rely on a positive or negative result from such test. Such notice shall also include a statement that health care providers are encouraged to discuss Lyme disease test results with the patient for whom the test was ordered. The bill also provides that a laboratory that complies with the provisions of the bill shall be immune from civil liability absent gross negligence or willful misconduct.
FULL TEXT
- 01/16/19 House: Presented and ordered printed 19103490D pdf | impact statement
- 01/29/19 House: Committee substitute printed 19105570D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/21/19 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2731ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/18/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0435) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
HISTORY
- 01/16/19 House: Presented and ordered printed 19103490D
- 01/16/19 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/21/19 House: Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/23/19 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/19 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/19 House: Committee substitute printed 19105570D-H1
- 01/31/19 House: Read first time
- 02/01/19 House: Read second time
- 02/01/19 House: Committee substitute agreed to 19105570D-H1
- 02/01/19 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2731H1
- 02/04/19 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/19 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/19 House: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 02/04/19 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/19 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE #2 (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/05/19 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/08/19 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
- 02/14/19 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/19 Senate: Read third time
- 02/18/19 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/19 House: Enrolled
- 02/21/19 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2731ER)
- 02/21/19 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/21/19 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/28/19 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 28, 2019
- 02/28/19 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- 03/18/19 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 435 (effective 7/1/19)
- 03/18/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0435)