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HB 773: Medically Essential Electric Utility Service

GENERAL BILL by Maggard

Medically Essential Electric Utility Service; Specifies that fact that certain electric utilities must provide medically essential electric service does not require them to otherwise be regulated by PSC; provides notification requirements for electric utilities relating to certification process for obtaining medically essential electric service & service disconnection; provides certification requirements for customers; specifies duties of electric utilities; revises penalties for falsification of such certification; requires certain health care practitioners to inform certain patients of such certification process; requires such practitioners to provide patients with completed medical certifications & document certification.

Effective Date: 7/1/2020
Last Action: 3/14/2020 Senate - Died in Innovation, Industry, and Technology
Bill Text: PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Innovation, Industry, and Technology (IT)
  2. Appropriations (AP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    11/25/2019 House • Filed
    12/16/2019 House • Referred to Energy and Utilities Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee; Commerce Committee -HJ 65
    1/13/2020 House • On Committee agenda-- Energy and Utilities Subcommittee, 01/15/20, 9:30 am, Webster Hall
    1/14/2020 House • Introduced -HJ 65
    1/15/2020 House • Favorable by Energy and Utilities Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0 -HJ 392
    • Now in Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 392
    1/28/2020 House • On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 01/30/20, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
    1/30/2020 House • Favorable by Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0 -HJ 472
    • Now in Commerce Committee -HJ 472
    2/4/2020 House • On Committee agenda-- Commerce Committee, 02/06/20, 9:00 am, Webster Hall
    2/6/2020 House • Favorable by- Commerce Committee; YEAS 21 NAYS 0 -HJ 526
    • Placed on Calendar -HJ 526
    2/13/2020 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/19/20
    2/19/2020 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 588
    • Placed on 3rd reading
    2/20/2020 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 610
    • Passed; YEAS 117 NAYS 0 -HJ 610
    2/26/2020 Senate • In Messages
    2/27/2020 Senate • Referred to Innovation, Industry, and Technology; Appropriations -SJ 365
    3/2/2020 Senate • Received -SJ 365
    3/14/2020 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Innovation, Industry, and Technology

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  • HB 773, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 11/25/2019 at 3:48 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Energy and Utilities Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 1/15/2020 (pdf)
    Health and Human Services Committee (Post-Meeting) 1/30/2020 (pdf)
    Commerce Committee (Post-Meeting) 2/6/2020 (pdf)

    Floor Votes (1)

    Date Chamber Result
    2/20/2020 1:49 PM House 117 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    366.11 Certain exemptions. Page 2 (pdf)
    366.15 Medically essential electric public utility service. Page 2 (pdf)
    456.45 Page 10 (pdf)

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