SAFE PATIENT HANDLING
Summary
Creates a Safe Patient Handling Task Force to study safe patient handling policies and create recommended policy guidelines for all health care facilities to eliminate the manual lifting of patients by direct-care registered nurses and other health care providers.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2007
Committee Review
Jun 2007
House Passage
Jun 2007
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced May 31, 2007
Last action Jun 29, 2007
Floor votes · House Jun 29, 2007
How they voted
86–0
Passed · 29 other
Total votes 115
Jun 29, 2007
D
Democratic64
71% Yea
R
Republican51
78% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
11
Key actions
1
Committee
3
Jun 29, 2007
House · Passed
Resolution Adopted 087-000-000
Jun 27, 2007
House · Reported by committee
Recommends Be Adopted Health Care Availability and Access Committee; 010-000-000
Jun 20, 2007
House · Referred to committee
Assigned to Health Care Availability and Access Committee
Jun 5, 2007
House · Referred to committee
Referred to Rules Committee
0 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
Co
Elizabeth Coulson
RRepublican
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