CS/SB 664 (2016) -  Physician Orders for Life-sustaining Treatment

General Bill by Health Policy and Brandes
Physician Orders for Life-sustaining Treatment: Establishing the Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Program within the Department of Health; providing that execution of a POLST form does not affect, impair, or modify certain insurance contracts; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to establish a database of compassionate and palliative care plans by a specified date; requiring that the database be electronically accessible to health care providers, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2016
Last Event: 03/11/16 S Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services on Friday, March 11, 2016 6:45 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Health Policy
    • On agenda for: 02/01/16 1:30 PM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 8   Nays 1
  • Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
  • Appropriations

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: CS/SB 662 Subject: Public Records/Clearinghouse for Compassionate and Palliative Care Plans/AHCA Relationship: Linked
Bill #: HB 957 Subject: Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment Relationship: Similar

Bill Text

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Health Policy 2/2/2016 4:13:31 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Health Policy 1/29/2016 1:27:39 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Time: 03/11/2016 - 6:45 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Version: c1
Event: S CS by Health Policy read 1st time -SJ 309 Time: 02/09/2016 - 5:02 PM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: c1
Event: S Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services -SJ 304 Time: 02/03/2016 - 1:14 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 02/02/2016 - 4:18 PM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: c1
Event: S CS by Health Policy; YEAS 8 NAYS 1 -SJ 304 Time: 02/01/2016 - 4:01 PM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 02/01/16, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building Time: 01/27/2016 - 2:05 PM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 48 Time: 01/12/2016 - 8:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 48 Time: 11/04/2015 - 11:14 AM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 10/28/2015 - 1:25 PM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
400.142 HB 957
400.487 HB 957, CS/SB 1496
400.605 HB 957
400.6095 HB 957
401.35 HB 957
401.45 HB 957
401.451
408.064 HB 957
429.255 HB 957
429.73 HB 957
456.072 SB 210, CS/CS/CS/HB 221, HB 423, SB 428, CS/CS/CS/SB 676, HB 957, CS/HB 977*, HB 997, SB 1112, CS/CS/SB 1250, CS/CS/CS/SB 1442, CS/SB 1496
765.205 HB 957

(*) Not the latest version