MD HB808 | 2017 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-5)
Status: Introduced on February 3 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-03-24 - Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations; Withdrawn
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 3 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-03-24 - Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations; Withdrawn
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Providing it is the intent of the General Assembly to promote the health, safety, and well-being of patients and to foster communication between patients and health care providers; requiring each administrator of a hospital to provide patients with a specified patient's bill of rights; requiring each administrator of a hospital to provide translators or an interpreter for specified patients; requiring each administrator of a hospital to conspicuously post copies of the patient's bill of rights in specified areas; etc.
Title
Hospitals - Patient's Bill of Rights
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
---|---|---|
2017-03-24 | House | Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations; Withdrawn |
2017-03-02 | House | Hearing 3/02 at 1:00 p.m. |
2017-02-03 | House | First Reading Health and Government Operations |
Subjects
Communications
Consumer Protection
Ethics
General Assembly
Health
Health Care Facilities
Health Care Facilities and Regulation
Health Occupations
Hospitals
Human Rights
Job Training
Language
Notices
Patients
Physicians
Privacy
Public Information
Records
Safety
Consumer Protection
Ethics
General Assembly
Health
Health Care Facilities
Health Care Facilities and Regulation
Health Occupations
Hospitals
Human Rights
Job Training
Language
Notices
Patients
Physicians
Privacy
Public Information
Records
Safety