Maryland Senate Bill 873 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 5 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-03-07 - Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with a the State Advisory Council on Quality Care at the End of Life, to develop an end-of-life decision-making informational booklet; requiring the Department to distribute the booklet to specified health care providers, make the booklet available to the public on a specified Web site, and annually review and update the booklet as necessary; requiring health care providers to provide the booklet to specified patients under specified circumstances; etc.

Health Care Decisions Act - End-of-Life Decision-Making Informational Booklet

Sen. Ronald Young [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-07	Senate	Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
2016-02-25	Senate	Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
2016-02-25	Senate	Hearing cancelled
2016-02-25	Senate	Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
2016-02-05	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0873?ys=2016rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/bills/sb/sb0873f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/fnotes/bil_0003/sb0873.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/votes_comm/sb0873_jpr.pdf