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1998 SESSION
HB 843 Do Not Resuscitate Orders.
Introduced by: Robert D. Orrock, Sr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
Do Not Resuscitate Orders. Revises the present Emergency Medical Services Do Not Resuscitate Order section to become a general Do Not Resuscitate Order (DNR) provision. The DNR Order must be issued by an attending physician in writing for a patient who is terminal or for whom he has otherwise written such DNR Order and must be consented to by the patient or a person who is authorized to consent for the patient. The Board of Health will continue to designate which emergency medical services personnel may follow these orders in the prehospital setting. Emergency medical services personnel are not authorized to withhold comfort care or alleviation of pain. The DNR Order will follow the patient, i.e., the DNR Order may be followed in the prehospital setting, hospital, nursing home, or other institution. A new order may be issued, with the consent of the patient or his authorized decision-maker, upon the revocation of a DNR. Definitions and exception statutes are amended to be consistent. The liability statute is also amended to clarify that any person consenting to or issuing a DNR will be accorded the same immunity protections as those acting in compliance with the advance directive or DNR. This bill is identical to SB 630.
FULL TEXT
- 01/26/98 House: Presented & ordered printed 986805388 pdf
- 02/02/98 House: Printed as engrossed 986805388-E pdf
- 02/26/98 Senate: Floor substitute printed 986851657-S1 (Forbes) pdf
- 03/05/98 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB843ER) pdf
- 04/29/98 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB843ER) pdf
- 05/15/98 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0854) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/26/98 House: Presented & ordered printed 986805388
- 01/26/98 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/29/98 House: Assigned to H. W. I. sub-committee: 2
- 01/29/98 House: Reported from H. W. I. w/amendment (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/98 House: Read first time
- 02/02/98 House: Read second time
- 02/02/98 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/02/98 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/02/98 House: Printed as engrossed 986805388-E
- 02/03/98 House: Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/98 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (96-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/98 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/04/98 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/04/98 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/19/98 Senate: Reported from Ed. & H. with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/98 Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/98 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/98 Senate: Read third time
- 02/23/98 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/24/98 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/25/98 Senate: Read third time
- 02/25/98 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/26/98 Senate: Read third time
- 02/26/98 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/26/98 Senate: Committee amendment rejected
- 02/26/98 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/26/98 Senate: Substitute by Sen. Forbes agreed to 986851657
- 02/26/98 Senate: Floor substitute printed 986851657-S1 (Forbes)
- 02/26/98 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - fl. sub. 986851657
- 02/26/98 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/98 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/98 House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/02/98 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (96-Y 2-N)
- 03/02/98 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (96-Y 2-N)
- 03/05/98 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB843ER)
- 03/11/98 House: Enrolled
- 03/11/98 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/12/98 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/16/98 House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 04/22/98 House: Placed on Calendar
- 04/22/98 House: House concurred in Gov's recom. (Block Vote) (100-Y 0-N)
- 04/22/98 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE-ADOPTION (100-Y 0-N)
- 04/22/98 Senate: Senate concurred in Gov's recommendation (39-Y 0-N)
- 04/22/98 Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
- 04/22/98 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/22/98 House: Reenrolled
- 04/22/98 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/22/98 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/22/98 House: Enacted, Chapter 854 (effective 7/1/98)
- 04/29/98 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB843ER)
- 05/15/98 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0854)