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2008 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2087

Bill of rights for patients and residents of health care facilities; provide.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on February 19, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE A "BILL OF RIGHTS" FOR PATIENTS AND RESIDENTS OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES; TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS; TO REQUIRE DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION ABOUT RIGHTS AND TREATMENT; TO REQUIRE COURTEOUS TREATMENT; TO REQUIRE APPROPRIATE HEALTH CARE AND FREEDOM FROM MALTREATMENT; TO REQUIRE THE DISCLOSURE OF THE PHYSICIAN'S IDENTITY; TO PROVIDE FOR PARTICIPATION IN PLANNING TREATMENT AND NOTIFICATION OF FAMILY MEMBERS; TO PROVIDE THE RIGHT TO REFUSE CARE; TO PROVIDE FOR COMMUNICATION PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY OF RECORDS OF TREATMENT; TO PROVIDE A GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE; TO PROVIDE A RIGHT TO ASSOCIATE; TO PROVIDE FOR ADVISORY COUNCILS; TO PROVIDE FOR PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY SERVICES; TO SET STANDARDS FOR ISOLATION AND RESTRAINTS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

Its course

January 14 to February 19, 2008, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the SenateJan 14 to Feb 19 · stopped36 days

Public Health and WelfareJan 14 to Feb 19 · stopped36 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the Senate Jan 14 – Feb 19

  1. Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
  2. Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published