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2005 SESSION
HB 1556 Indigent care; physicians providing services without charge immune from liability.
Introduced by: Harry R. Purkey | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Immunity for medical services; Board of Medicine to inform licensees. Requires the Board of Medicine to provide its licensees with a full description of the protections from civil liability that may apply where health care services are provided without compensation to a patient of a clinic that is organized in whole or in part for the delivery of health care services without charge.
FULL TEXT
- 12/02/04 House: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 051263472 pdf | impact statement
- 02/05/05 House: Committee substitute printed 054358472-H1 pdf
- 03/07/05 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1556ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/24/05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0134) pdf
HISTORY
- 12/02/04 House: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 051263472
- 12/02/04 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/12/05 House: Assigned to C. J. sub-committee: Civil Law
- 02/04/05 House: Reported from C. J. with substitute (20-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/05 House: Committee substitute printed 054358472-H1
- 02/05/05 House: Read first time
- 02/07/05 House: Read second time
- 02/07/05 House: Committee substitute agreed to 054358472-H1
- 02/07/05 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1556H1
- 02/08/05 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/05 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/05 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/09/05 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/09/05 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/16/05 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/05 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/05 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/05 Senate: Read third time
- 02/21/05 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/05 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/05 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1556ER)
- 03/09/05 House: Enrolled
- 03/09/05 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/11/05 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/20/05 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 134 (effective 7/1/05)
- 03/24/05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0134)