MS HB840 | 2015 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 3 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-02-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

An Act Entitled The "caregiver Advise, Record, Enable (care) Act"; To Require Licensed Hospitals To Allow A Patient An Opportunity To Designate, Upon Entry To A Hospital, A Caregiver In The Patient's Medical Record; To Require A Hospital To Notify And Meet With The Designated Caregiver Along With The Patient To Discuss The Patient's Plan Of Care Before The Patient's Discharge Or Transfer To Another Facility; To Require A Hospital To Instruct The Designated Caregiver In Certain After-care Tasks Upon A Patient's Discharge To His Or Her Current Residence; And For Related Purposes.

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Title

Hospital; require to allow patients to designate caregivers upon entry to.

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History

DateChamberAction
2015-02-03HouseDied In Committee
2015-01-19HouseReferred To Public Health and Human Services

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