SB 438 (2015) -  Palliative Care

General Bill by Sobel (CO-SPONSORS) Garcia; Flores; Bullard; Smith
Palliative Care: Requiring the Department of Health to establish a palliative care consumer and professional information and education program; requiring the department to publish certain educational information and referral materials about palliative care on the department website; requiring the department to consult with the Palliative Care and Quality of Life Interdisciplinary Task Force; creating the Palliative Care and Quality of Life Interdisciplinary Task Force within the Department of Health; specifying the purpose of the task force; requiring the task force to meet at least twice each year, etc.
Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
Last Event: 05/01/15 S Died in Fiscal Policy on Friday, May 1, 2015 11:59 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Health Policy
    • On agenda for: 04/07/15 1:30 PM
    • Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 9   Nays 0
  • Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
    • On agenda for: 04/14/15 1:30 PM
    • Recommendation: Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 7   Nays 0
  • Fiscal Policy

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: HB 511 Subject: Palliative Care Relationship: Similar

Bill Text

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services 4/14/2015 2:57:02 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services 4/13/2015 5:28:51 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Health Policy 4/7/2015 4:01:58 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Health Policy 4/7/2015 3:59:52 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Fiscal Policy Time: 05/01/2015 - 11:59 PM Member: Committee: Fiscal Policy Version: __
Event: S Now in Fiscal Policy -SJ 422 Time: 04/14/2015 - 3:14 PM Member: Committee: Fiscal Policy Version: __
Event: S Subcommittee Recommendation: Favorable by Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 422 Time: 04/14/2015 - 2:32 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, 04/14/15, 1:30 pm, 401 Senate Office Building Time: 04/09/2015 - 2:51 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Version: __
Event: S Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services -SJ 372 Time: 04/07/2015 - 4:14 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Version: __
Event: S Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 372 Time: 04/07/2015 - 3:23 PM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 04/07/15, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building Time: 04/02/2015 - 5:16 PM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 61 Time: 03/03/2015 - 7:55 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy -SJ 61 Time: 01/28/2015 - 3:57 PM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 01/22/2015 - 8:16 AM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
381.825 HB 511