Provides for additional remedies for patients' private right of actions in residential health care facilities
Summary
Provides for additional remedies for patients' private right of actions in residential health care facilities; allows class actions by patients, patient's legal representative, or such patient's estate.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Feb 2018
Assembly Passage
Feb 2018
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 20, 2017
Last action Feb 28, 2018
Floor votes · Assembly Feb 6, 2017
How they voted
127–0
Passed · 10 other
Total votes 137
Feb 6, 2017
D
Democratic98
90% Yea
R
Republican39
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Feb 28, 2018
Committee
REFERRED TO HEALTH
upper
Feb 28, 2018
Lower · Passed
PASSED ASSEMBLY
lower
Feb 6, 2017
Committee
REFERRED TO HEALTH
upper
Feb 6, 2017
Lower · Passed
PASSED ASSEMBLY
lower
Jan 20, 2017
Committee
REFERRED TO HEALTH
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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