An Act amending Title 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions relating to health care, further providing for applicability, for definitions and for criminal penalties; in living wills, further providing for emergency medical services; in out-of-hospital nonresuscitation, further providing for definitions, for orders, bracelets and necklaces, for revocation, for absence of order, bracelet or necklace and for emergency medical services, repealing provisions relating to advisory committee and providing for discontinuance; providing for Pennsylvania orders for life-sustaining treatment; and making editorial changes.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2019
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 27, 2019
Last action Mar 27, 2019
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Mar 27, 2019
Committee
PN 1118 Referred to HEALTH
lower
1 primary · 10 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Paul Schemel
RRepublican
Co
Aaron Bernstine
RRepublican
Co
Dan Moul
RRepublican
Co
Dave Zimmerman
RRepublican
Co
Dawn Keefer
RRepublican
Co
Francis X. Ryan
RRepublican
Co
Garth D. Everett
RRepublican
Co
Jeffrey P. Pyle
RRepublican
Co
Jerry Knowles
RRepublican
Co
Kyle Mullins
DDemocratic
Co
Rob Kauffman
RRepublican
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