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SB 390: Patient-directed Doctor’s Orders

GENERAL BILL by Gruters

Patient-directed Doctor’s Orders; Authorizing specified personnel of hospitals, nursing homes, and home health agencies, respectively, to withhold or withdraw cardiopulmonary resuscitation if presented with a patient-directed doctor’s order (PDDO) form that contains an order not to resuscitate; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to adopt by rule procedures for the implementation of PDDO forms in hospice care; requiring the Department of Health to establish by rule circumstances and procedures under which emergency medical technicians and paramedics may honor PDDO forms, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2024
 Last Action: 3/8/2024 Senate - Died in Health Policy
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Judiciary (JU)
  3. Fiscal Policy (FP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    11/8/2023 Senate • Filed
    11/15/2023 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Judiciary; Fiscal Policy
    1/9/2024 Senate • Introduced
    3/8/2024 Senate • Died in Health Policy

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  • SB 390, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 11/8/2023 at 3:23 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (3)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 392 Public Records/Patient-directed Doctor’s Order Forms Gruters Linked Last Action: 3/8/2024 S Died in Health Policy Track This Bill
    H 219 Patient-directed Doctor's Orders Plasencia Similar Last Action: 3/8/2024 H Died in Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee Track This Bill
    H 221 Pub. Rec./Database for Patient-directed Doctor's Order Forms Plasencia Compare Last Action: 3/8/2024 H Died in Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (12)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    395.1041 Access to and ensurance of emergency services; transfers; patient rights; diversion programs; reports of controlled substance overdoses. Page 4 (pdf)
    400.142 Emergency medication kits; orders not to resuscitate. Page 5 (pdf)
    400.487 Home health service agreements; physician’s, physician assistant’s, and advanced practice registered nurse’s treatment orders; patient assessment; establishment and review of plan of care; provision of services; orders not to resuscitate. Page 6 (pdf)
    400.605 Administration; forms; fees; rules; inspections; fines. Page 6 (pdf)
    400.6095 Patient admission; assessment; plan of care; discharge; death. Page 7 (pdf)
    401.35 Rules. Page 7 (pdf)
    401.45 Denial of emergency treatment; civil liability. Page 8 (pdf)
    401.451 Page 9 (pdf)
    429.255 Use of personnel; emergency care. Page 18 (pdf)
    429.73 Rules and standards relating to adult family-care homes. Page 18 (pdf)
    456.072 Grounds for discipline; penalties; enforcement. Page 19 (pdf)
    765.205 Responsibility of the surrogate. Page 20 (pdf)

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