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HB 664 Exposure to a decedent's body fluids; testing.
Introduced by: Robert B. Bell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Exposure to a decedent's body fluids; testing. Provides that, in cases in which any law-enforcement officer, salaried or volunteer firefighter, or salaried or volunteer emergency medical services provider is directly exposed to body fluids of a deceased person in a manner that may, according to the then-current guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, transmit human immunodeficiency virus or hepatitis B or C viruses, the next of kin of the deceased person shall be deemed to have consented to testing of the decedent's blood for infection with human immunodeficiency virus or hepatitis B or C viruses and release of such test results to the person who was exposed. Under current law, whenever a law-enforcement officer, salaried or volunteer firefighter, or salaried or volunteer emergency medical services provider is directly exposed to body fluids of a deceased person in a manner that may, according to the then-current guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, transmit human immunodeficiency virus or hepatitis B or C viruses, consent for testing and release of the results must be obtained from the next of kin of the deceased person before testing may be initiated.
FULL TEXT
- 01/06/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102403D pdf
- 03/05/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB664ER) pdf
- 03/27/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0502) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/06/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102403D
- 01/06/20 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/28/20 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 01/31/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/20 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/20 House: Read first time
- 02/07/20 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/10/20 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/20 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/11/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 02/17/20 Senate: Rereferred from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/20 Senate: Rereferred to Education and Health
- 02/21/20 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health
- 02/27/20 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/20 Senate: Read third time
- 03/02/20 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/20 House: Enrolled
- 03/05/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB664ER)
- 03/06/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/06/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/12/20 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- 03/12/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 03/27/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 502 (effective 7/1/20)
- 03/27/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0502)