Virginia House Bill 2153 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 14 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-02-03 - Tabled in Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Medically or ethically inappropriate care; cessation of care. Provides that, in cases in which a physician determines that medical care requested by a patient, his agent, or a person authorized to make decisions on the patient's behalf, an advance directive, or a Durable Do Not Resuscitate Order is medically or ethically inappropriate, the physician may cease to provide such care after making reasonable efforts for a 14-day period to transfer the patient to another physician who will provide the requested care.

Medically or ethically inappropriate care; cessation of care.

Del. Christopher Stolle [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-03	House	Tabled in Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote
2015-01-14	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2015-01-14	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15101688D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
54	1	2990	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+sum+HB2153
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+HB2153+hil