SB 228 (2017) -  Physician Orders for Life-sustaining Treatment

by Brandes
Establishing the Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Program within the Department of Health; providing limited immunity for legal representatives and specified health care providers acting in good faith in reliance on POLST forms; authorizing emergency medical transportation providers to withhold or withdraw cardiopulmonary resuscitation or other medical interventions if presented with POLST forms that contain an order not to resuscitate, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2017
Last Event: 05/05/17 S Died in Judiciary on Friday, May 5, 2017 11:59 PM

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Senate Referrals

  • Judiciary
  • Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
  • Appropriations

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Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Judiciary Time: 05/05/2017 - 11:59 PM Member: Committee: Judiciary Version: __
Event: S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration Time: 05/05/2017 - 11:59 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 52 Time: 03/07/2017 - 8:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 52 Time: 01/12/2017 - 1:19 PM Member: Committee: Judiciary Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 01/03/2017 - 9:45 AM Member: Committee: Version: __