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1998 SESSION

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SB 429 Emergency Medical Services Orders.

Introduced by: R. Edward Houck | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY:

Emergency Medical Services Orders. Clarifies that an Emergency Medical Services Do Not Resuscitate Order may be issued by an attending physician for his patient who is diagnosed to be afflicted with a terminal condition or for whom he has otherwise issued a Do Not Resuscitate Order only with the consent of the patient or, if the patient is incapable of making an informed decision regarding consent for such an order, of the person authorized to consent on the patient's behalf. If the patient, or, if the patient is incapable of making an informed decision, the person authorized to consent on the patient's behalf, expresses to such emergency medical services personnel or hospital emergency department health care providers the desire to be resuscitated prior to cardiac or respiratory arrest, the Do Not Resuscitate Order shall not be carried out. "Person authorized to consent on the patient's behalf" is defined as any person authorized by law to consent on behalf of the patient incapable of making an informed decision.

FULL TEXT

• 01/26/98  Senate: Presented & ordered printed 982741685  pdf
• 03/27/98  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB429ER)  pdf
• 04/27/98  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0628)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House amendments
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HISTORY

• 01/26/98  Senate: Presented & ordered printed 982741685
• 01/26/98  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 02/05/98  Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/98  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/98  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (37-Y 0-N)
• 02/09/98  Senate: Read second time and engrossed
• 02/10/98  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/10/98  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/10/98  Senate: Communicated to House
• 02/11/98  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/12/98  House: Read first time
• 02/12/98  House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
• 02/20/98  House: Assigned to H. W. I. sub-committee: 1
• 03/05/98  House: Reported from H. W. I. w/amendment (22-Y 0-N)
• 03/06/98  House: Read second time
• 03/09/98  House: Read third time
• 03/09/98  House: Committee amendment agreed to
• 03/09/98  House: Engrossed by House as amended
• 03/09/98  House: Passed House with amendment (Block Vote) (100-Y 0-N)
• 03/09/98  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
• 03/11/98  Senate: Reading of amendment waived
• 03/11/98  Senate: House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 03/11/98  Senate: VOTE: CONCUR HOUSE AMENDMENT R (39-Y 0-N)
• 03/27/98  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB429ER)
• 03/31/98  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/31/98  Senate: Signed by President
• 04/02/98  House: Signed by Speaker
• 04/15/98  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 628 (effective 7/1/98)
• 04/27/98  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0628)