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SB 309 Death certificates; medical certification, electronic filing, hospice.
Introduced by: John A. Cosgrove, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)
Death certificates; medical certification; electronic filing; hospice. Requires a licensed funeral director, funeral service licensee, or representative of the office of the state anatomical program who first assumes custody of a dead body to complete and file a certificate of death with the State Registrar of Vital Records using the Electronic Death Registration System and provides that when a death occurs under the care of a hospice provider, the medical certification shall be completed by the decedent's health care provider and filed electronically with the State Registrar of Vital Records using the Electronic Death Registration System for completion of the death certificate. a physician licensed in another state who was in charge of the patient’s care for the illness or condition that resulted in death. This bill is identical to HB 1158.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/18 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/10/18 18102022D pdf | impact statement
- 02/01/18 Senate: Committee substitute printed 18106493D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/22/18 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB309ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/08/18 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB309ER2) pdf
- 03/08/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0208) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/08/18 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/10/18 18102022D
- 01/08/18 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/16/18 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health
- 02/01/18 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/18 Senate: Committee substitute printed 18106493D-S1
- 02/02/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/18 Senate: Read second time
- 02/05/18 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/05/18 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 18106493D-S1
- 02/05/18 Senate: Emergency clause deleted
- 02/05/18 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB309S1
- 02/06/18 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/18 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/08/18 House: Read first time
- 02/08/18 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 02/15/18 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (20-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/18 House: Read second time
- 02/20/18 House: Read third time
- 02/20/18 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/18 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/18 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/22/18 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB309ER)
- 02/22/18 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/23/18 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/26/18 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
- 02/26/18 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
- 03/05/18 Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 03/07/18 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/18 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/18 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (96-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/18 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 03/08/18 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB309ER2)
- 03/08/18 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 03/08/18 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 03/08/18 House: Enacted, Chapter 208 (effective 7/1/18)
- 03/08/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0208)