Advance Health Care Directive Registry; created. (SB290)

Introduced By

Sen. George Barker (D-Alexandria)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
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. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

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

Duplicate Bills

The following bills are identical to 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.

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.

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.

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.

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?