FL S0664 | 2016 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on March 11 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-03-11 - Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Summary

Establishing the Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Program within the Department of Health; providing that execution of a POLST form does not affect, impair, or modify certain insurance contracts; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to establish a database of compassionate and palliative care plans by a specified date; requiring that the database be electronically accessible to health care providers, etc.

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Title

Physician Orders for Life-sustaining Treatment

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History

DateChamberAction
2016-03-11SenateDied in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
2016-02-09SenateCS by Health Policy read 1st time
2016-02-03SenateNow in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
2016-02-02SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2016-02-01SenateCS by Health Policy; YEAS 8 NAYS 1
2016-01-27SenateOn Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 02/01/16, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
2016-01-12SenateIntroduced
2015-11-04SenateReferred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations
2015-10-28SenateFiled

Same As/Similar To

S0662 (Related) 2016-03-11 - Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
H0957 (Similar To) 2016-03-11 - Died in Health Quality Subcommittee

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
3951041Amended CodeSee Bill Text
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765205Amended CodeSee Bill Text

Florida State Sources


Bill Comments

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