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2024 SESSION

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HB 353 Hospitals; emergency departments to have at least one licensed physician on duty at all times.

Introduced by: Patrick A. Hope | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Hospitals; emergency departments; licensed physicians. Requires any hospital with an emergency department to have at least one licensed physician on duty and physically present at all times. Current law requires such hospitals to have a licensed physician on call, though not necessarily physically present on the premises, at all times. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025 and is identical to SB 392.

FULL TEXT

• 01/05/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100997D  pdf | impact statement
• 01/30/24  House: Printed as engrossed 24100997D-E  pdf | impact statement
• 03/25/24  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB353ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/04/24  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0441)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
• House amendments adopted

HISTORY

• 01/05/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100997D
• 01/05/24  House: Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
• 01/17/24  House: Assigned sub: Health
• 01/23/24  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
• 01/25/24  House: Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
• 01/29/24  House: Read first time
• 01/30/24  House: Read second time
• 01/30/24  House: Committee amendment agreed to
• 01/30/24  House: Engrossed by House as amended HB353E
• 01/30/24  House: Printed as engrossed 24100997D-E
• 01/31/24  House: Read third time and passed House (81-Y 19-N)
• 01/31/24  House: VOTE: Passage (81-Y 19-N)
• 02/01/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/01/24  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 02/15/24  Senate: Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/24  Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
• 02/29/24  Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
• 03/04/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/05/24  Senate: Read third time
• 03/05/24  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/25/24  House: Enrolled
• 03/25/24  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB353ER)
• 03/25/24  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/26/24  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/27/24  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
• 03/27/24  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
• 04/04/24  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 441 (effective 7/1/25)
• 04/04/24  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0441)