SB 474 (2018) -  Physician Orders for Life-sustaining Treatment

General Bill by Brandes
Physician Orders for Life-sustaining Treatment: Establishing the Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Program within the Department of Health; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to establish and maintain a database of compassionate and palliative care plans by a specified date; authorizing specified personnel to withhold or withdraw cardiopulmonary resuscitation if presented with a POLST form that contains an order not to resuscitate the patient; requiring the Department of Elderly Affairs, in consultation with the agency, to adopt by rule procedures for the implementation of POLST forms in hospice care, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2018
Last Event: 03/10/18 S Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services on Saturday, March 10, 2018 12:00 AM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Health Policy
    • On agenda for: 01/16/18 4:00 PM
    • Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 6   Nays 2
  • Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
    • On agenda for: 02/14/18 4:00 PM
  • Appropriations

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: CS/SB 476 Subject: Public Records/Compassionate and Palliative Care Plans/Agency for Health Care Administration Relationship: Linked
Bill #: HB 1339 Subject: Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment Relationship: Similar
Bill #: HB 1341 Subject: Pub. Rec./Clearinghouse for Compassionate and Palliative Care Plans Relationship: Compare

Bill Text

  • Original Filed Version
    • D 156796 , Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, Brandes Date Filed: 02/13/18, Line#: 0 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 02/14/2018 05:34 PM

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services 2/13/2018 5:09:02 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Health Policy 1/16/2018 7:05:01 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Health Policy 1/12/2018 3:14:55 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: 03/10/2018 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Version: __
Event: S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration Time: 03/10/2018 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, 02/14/18, 4:00 pm, 401 Senate Office Building --Temporarily Postponed Time: 02/09/2018 - 2:30 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Version: __
Event: S Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services -SJ 161 Time: 01/17/2018 - 8:58 AM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Version: __
Event: S Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 6 NAYS 2 -SJ 161 Time: 01/16/2018 - 6:07 PM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 01/16/18, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building Time: 01/11/2018 - 4:11 PM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 38 Time: 01/09/2018 - 8:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 38 Time: 10/25/2017 - 11:42 AM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 10/10/2017 - 12:43 PM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
400.142 HB 1339
400.487 CS/CS/HB 1337, HB 1339, CS/SB 1594
400.605 HB 1339
400.6095 CS/HB 497, SB 724, HB 1339
401.35 HB 1295, HB 1339, SB 1796
401.45 HB 1339
401.451 HB 1339
408.064
429.255 HB 1339
429.73 HB 1339
456.072 CS/SB 8, CS/HB 19, CS/CS/HB 21, CS/SB 150, HB 1307, CS/CS/HB 1337, HB 1339, CS/SB 1594, SB 1782
765.205 HB 1339