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2015 SESSION

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HB 1476 Nurse practitioners; expert witness testimony, added to definition of health care provider.

Introduced by: James A. "Jay" Leftwich | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Nurse practitioners. Allows a nurse practitioner to testify as an expert witness in a court of law on certain matters within the scope of his activities and adds nurse practitioner to the definition of "health care provider" under the medical malpractice statutes. The bill clarifies that its provisions are not a codification of Rule 702 of the Federal Rules of Evidence. This bill is identical to SB 861.

FULL TEXT

• 01/02/15  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15102197D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/25/15  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1476ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/17/15  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0295)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• Senate amendments
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HISTORY

• 01/02/15  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15102197D
• 01/02/15  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/13/15  House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law
• 01/14/15  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
• 01/28/15  House: Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N)
• 01/30/15  House: Read first time
• 02/02/15  House: Read second time and engrossed
• 02/03/15  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/03/15  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/04/15  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/04/15  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 02/12/15  Senate: Rereferred from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/15  Senate: Rereferred to Courts of Justice
• 02/16/15  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N)
• 02/17/15  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/18/15  Senate: Read third time
• 02/18/15  Senate: Reading of amendment waived
• 02/18/15  Senate: Amendment by Senator Chafin agreed to
• 02/18/15  Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 02/18/15  Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/15  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/20/15  House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N)
• 02/20/15  House: VOTE: ADOPTION (95-Y 0-N)
• 02/25/15  House: Enrolled
• 02/25/15  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1476ER)
• 02/25/15  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/26/15  Senate: Signed by President
• 02/26/15  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/26/15
• 02/26/15  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015
• 03/17/15  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 295 (effective 7/1/15)
• 03/17/15  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0295)