Relates to health care decisions for adult patients without surrogates
Summary
Provides that health care decisions regarding routine medical treatment for adult patients without surrogates are not required to be reviewed by an ethics committee.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2017
Committee Review
Mar 2018
Assembly Passage
Mar 2018
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 14, 2017
Last action Mar 20, 2018
Floor votes · Assembly May 3, 2017
How they voted
125–0
Passed · 16 other
Total votes 141
May 3, 2017
D
Democratic101
89% Yea
R
Republican40
87% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Mar 20, 2018
Committee
REFERRED TO HEALTH
upper
Mar 20, 2018
Lower · Passed
PASSED ASSEMBLY
lower
May 3, 2017
Committee
REFERRED TO HEALTH
upper
May 3, 2017
Lower · Passed
PASSED ASSEMBLY
lower
Feb 14, 2017
Committee
REFERRED TO HEALTH
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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