AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - TREATMENT FOR PATIENTS WITH TERMINAL ILLNESS--THE NEIL FACHON TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS' RIGHT TO TRY ACT OF 2018 (Creates the "Neil Fachon Terminally Ill Patient's Right To Try Act of 2018," which establishes the conditions for the use of experimental treatments for terminally ill patients.)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2018
Committee Review
May 2018
House Passage
May 2018
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 25, 2018
Last action May 31, 2018
Floor votes · House May 16, 2018
How they voted
64–0
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 69
May 16, 2018
D
Democratic59
91% Yea
R
Republican10
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
3
Committee
3
May 31, 2018
Committee
05/31/2018 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services
legislature
May 16, 2018
Lower · Passed
05/16/2018 House read and passed
lower
May 9, 2018
Legislature · Passed
05/09/2018 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Apr 4, 2018
Legislature · Passed
04/04/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Jan 25, 2018
Introduced
01/25/2018 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W.
lower
5 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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