Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on March 3, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.
2020 Regular Session
House Bill 80
Hospitals; require to examine persons at ER with sickle cell disease symptoms within four hours after admission.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REQUIRE HOSPITALS TO HAVE PERSONS WHO PRESENT THEMSELVES TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM WITH SYMPTOMS OF POSSIBLE SICKLE CELL DISEASE EXAMINED BY A PHYSICIAN WITHIN FOUR HOURS AFTER THE PERSON IS ADMITTED TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM; 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
Sponsor
4 co-sponsors
Oscar Denton, Rufus Straughter, Kenneth Walker, Percy W. Watson
Its course
January 24 to March 3, 2020, 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 House of RepresentativesJan 24 to Mar 3 · stopped39 days
Public Health and Human ServicesJan 24 to Mar 3 · stopped39 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 24 – Mar 3
- Jan 24Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
- Mar 3Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 24Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
- Mar 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives