HB 995: Palliative Care
GENERAL BILL by Clelland ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Berman ; Clarke-Reed ; Edwards ; Gibbons ; Hood ; Moskowitz ; Stewart
Palliative Care; Creates Palliative Care & Quality of Life Interdisciplinary Advisory Council & Palliative Care Consumer & Professional Information & Education Program within DOH; requires program to publish specified information; requires specified practitioners to provide seriously ill patients, upon request, with information about palliative care; requires specified facilities to comply with palliative care measures ordered by health care practitioners.
Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Last Action: 5/2/2014 House - Died in Health Quality Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF
Last Action: 5/2/2014 House - Died in Health Quality Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/19/2014 | House |
• Filed |
| 2/28/2014 | House |
• Referred to Health Quality Subcommittee; Government Operations Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 85 |
| 3/4/2014 | House |
• Introduced -HJ 85 |
| 5/2/2014 | House |
• Died in Health Quality Subcommittee |
