MD HB644 | 2016 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 26-0)
Status: Introduced on February 4 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-03-15 - Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Health and Government Operations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 4 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-03-15 - Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Health and Government Operations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Prohibiting health care practitioners and health care facilities from denying patients life-preserving health care services requested by a specified person on the basis of a specified view or disagreement; authorizing specified persons to file an action for an injunction in a specified court under specified circumstances; authorizing a health care practitioner, under specified circumstances, to provide specified reasons as a defense to an action filed under a specified provision of the Act; etc.
Title
Public Health - Provision of Life-Preserving Health Care Services (Vulnerable Protection Act)
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
---|---|---|
2016-03-15 | House | Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. |
2016-02-04 | House | First Reading Health and Government Operations |
Subjects
Civil Actions
Courts
Damages
Death
Disabilities
Discrimination
Ethics
Fines
Health
Health Care Facilities
Jurisdiction
Licenses
Medical Malpractice
Negligence
Notices
Patients
Personal Representatives
Physicians
Public Health
Courts
Damages
Death
Disabilities
Discrimination
Ethics
Fines
Health
Health Care Facilities
Jurisdiction
Licenses
Medical Malpractice
Negligence
Notices
Patients
Personal Representatives
Physicians
Public Health