Florida Senate Bill 1454 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 28 2011 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2011-05-07 - Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Provides that if the mother of a newborn infant considers applying for eligibility for the Medicaid program through the hospital as a qualified Medicaid provider, the hospital must notify the mother that the act of applying for Medicaid will cause her personal information included on the Medicaid application to be submitted to the DCFS. Prohibits the hospital from seeking payment for such care from the mother of a surrendered newborn infant or from any individual financially responsible for the mother of a surrendered newborn infant, etc.

Surrendered Newborn Infants

Sen. Rene Garcia [R]

Senate Health Regulation Committee

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-05-07		Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2011-04-07		Now in Budget -SJ 408
2011-04-06		Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2011-04-04		CS by Health Regulation; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 -SJ 408
2011-03-30		On Committee agenda-- Health Regulation, 04/04/11, 3:15 pm, 412 Knott Building
2011-03-23		On Committee agenda-- Health Regulation, 03/28/11, 3:15 pm, 412 Knott Building --Not Considered
2011-03-17		On Committee agenda-- Health Regulation, 03/22/11, 8:00 am, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed
2011-03-09		Referred to Health Regulation; Budget -SJ 165
2011-02-28		Filed

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
383	50		Amended Code	See Bill Text
409	911		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2011/1454
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2011/1454/BillText/Filed/HTML
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2011/1454/BillText/c1/HTML