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2009 Regular Session

House Bill 344

Hospitals; authorize to adopt policy allowing patients to take their unused medicine from the hospital upon discharge.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on March 3, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE HOSPITALS TO ADOPT A POLICY THAT WILL ALLOW HOSPITAL PATIENTS TO TAKE FROM THE HOSPITAL AT THE TIME OF THEIR DISCHARGE ANY UNUSED MEDICINE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN RECEIVING AS PART OF THEIR TREATMENT IF THE COST OF THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE MEDICINE IS BILLED TO THE PATIENT; 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 House of Representatives

Its course

January 8 to March 3, 2009, 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 action7 actions on 5 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 8 to Feb 1033 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 8 to Feb 326 days

In the SenateFeb 10 to Mar 3 · stopped21 days

Public Health and WelfareFeb 12 to Mar 3 · stopped19 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 House of Representatives Jan 8 – Feb 10

  1. Jan 8Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Feb 3Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 10Committee substitute adopted in the House
  4. Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 12 – Mar 3

  1. Feb 12Sent to the Senate
  2. Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
  3. Mar 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Jan 8Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 3Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 10Committee Substitute AdoptedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 10PassedHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 12Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  6. Feb 12Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
  7. Mar 3Died In CommitteeSenate