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SB 1024 Doctor of medicine, etc.; reporting disabilities of drivers to DMV, not subject to civil liability.
Introduced by: Siobhan S. Dunnavant | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Health care practitioners; reporting disabilities of drivers. Provides that any doctor of medicine, osteopathy, chiropractic, or podiatry or any nurse practitioner, physician assistant, optometrist, physical therapist, or clinical psychologist who reports to the Department of Motor Vehicles the existence, or probable existence, of a mental or physical disability or infirmity of any person licensed to operate a motor vehicle that the reporting individual believes affects such person's ability to operate a motor vehicle safely is not subject to civil liability or deemed to have violated the practitioner-patient privilege unless he has acted in bad faith or with malicious intent. This bill is identical to HB 1514.
FULL TEXT
- 01/04/17 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101500D pdf | impact statement
- 01/19/17 Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104028D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/07/17 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1024ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/24/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0720) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/04/17 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101500D
- 01/04/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/19/17 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (9-Y 5-N 1-A)
- 01/19/17 Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104028D-S1
- 01/20/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/17 Senate: Read second time
- 01/23/17 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/23/17 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 17104028D-S1
- 01/23/17 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1024S1
- 01/24/17 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (28-Y 12-N)
- 01/31/17 House: Placed on Calendar
- 01/31/17 House: Read first time
- 01/31/17 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 02/10/17 House: Referred from Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote
- 02/10/17 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/10/17 House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law
- 02/13/17 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (9-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/17 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/17 House: Read second time
- 02/22/17 House: Read third time
- 02/22/17 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/22/17 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/22/17 House: Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/17 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/17 Senate: House amendment agreed to by Senate (32-Y 8-N)
- 03/07/17 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/07/17 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1024ER)
- 03/07/17 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/17 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/13/17 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
- 03/13/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- 03/24/17 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 720 (effective 7/1/17)
- 03/24/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0720)