Advance Health Care Directive Registry; created. (SB290)

Introduced By

Sen. George Barker (D-Alexandria)

Progress

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 Introduced
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 Passed Committee
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 Passed House
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 Passed Senate
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 Signed by Governor
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 Became Law

Description

Advance Health Care Directive Registry; creation. Requires the Department of Health to create and maintain a secure online central registry for advance health care directives. The registry shall be accessible to health care providers licensed by the Board, through a site maintained by the Department of Health. Amends § 54.1-2983, § 54.1-2985, § 54.1-2994, of the Code of Virginia. View Full Text »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

  • 01/08/2008 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 086274201
  • 01/08/2008 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
  • 01/16/2008 Assigned Education sub: Health Care
  • 01/16/2008 Impact statement from DPB (SB290)
  • 01/24/2008 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
  • 01/24/2008 Committee substitute printed 084086201-S1
  • 01/25/2008 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
  • 01/28/2008 Read second time
  • 01/28/2008 Reading of substitute waived
  • 01/28/2008 Committee substitute agreed to 084086201-S1
  • 01/28/2008 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB290S1
  • 01/29/2008 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
  • 01/29/2008 Communicated to House
  • 02/04/2008 Impact statement from DPB (SB290S1)
  • 02/12/2008 Placed on Calendar
  • 02/12/2008 Read first time
  • 02/12/2008 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
  • 02/21/2008 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
  • 02/21/2008 Referred to Committee on Appropriations
  • 02/22/2008 Committee substitute printed 088580201-H1
  • 02/22/2008 Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources (Hamilton)
  • 02/25/2008 Impact statement from DPB (SB290H1)
  • 02/27/2008 Reported from Appropriations (23-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
  • 02/29/2008 Read second time
  • 03/03/2008 Read third time
  • 03/03/2008 Committee substitute agreed to 088580201-H1
  • 03/03/2008 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB290H1
  • 03/03/2008 Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
  • 03/03/2008 VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
  • 03/05/2008 House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
  • 03/08/2008 Enrolled
  • 03/08/2008 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB290ER)
  • 03/08/2008 Signed by Speaker
  • 03/10/2008 Impact statement from DPB (SB290ER)
  • 03/11/2008 Signed by President
  • 03/12/2008 Signed by Speaker
  • 03/12/2008 Signed by President
  • 03/27/2008 G Approved by Governor-Chapter 696 (effective - see bill)

Duplicate Bills

The following bills are identical duplicates of this one: HB805.

Comments

Alison Hymes writes:

This will help increase cadaver organ donation by people who have signed up to be donors but whose family is not available to give consent in time for donation I think. Organ donors who have advance health care directives say so in the directive and transplant coordinators should be able to use the availability of this binding document to adhere to the wishes of deceased donors I think. Any lawyers who think it won't do this, please correct me, I am not a lawyer.

Posted 65 months ago.
Brian Pace writes:

That's a good point, Alison - decisions about organ donation would certainly be able to be made quicker if an advance medical directive was pre-filed. Yet another reason why this bill is a Good Thing.

Posted 65 months ago.
Old Town Lurker writes:

One aspect of this bill that might not be immediately apparent from reading the language is that it's a part of Englin's ongoing strategy to expand the rights of same-sex couples.

Posted 65 months ago.
Brian Pace writes:

"Old Town Lurker,"

This is only true in that advance medical directive registries help everyone, and gay folk are included in that definition of everyone. I would assert that the single demographic with the most to stand to gain from passage of this bill is the elderly.

Posted 65 months ago.
Alison Hymes writes:

Old town lurker, you would rather people die from organ failure than let same sex couples visit each other in the hospital???? WWJD?

Posted 65 months ago.