AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - CONFIDENTIALITY OF HEALTH CARE COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ACT (Amends the definition of a deceased patient/client's authorized representative from his or her heirs-at-law to any heir-at-law.)
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2019
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 14, 2019
Last action Mar 27, 2019
Floor votes
How they voted
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
5
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Mar 27, 2019
Legislature · Passed
03/27/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Mar 19, 2019
Legislature · Passed
03/19/2019 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/20/2019)
legislature
Feb 14, 2019
Introduced
02/14/2019 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary
lower
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jason Knight
DDemocratic
P
Joe Shekarchi
DDemocratic
P
RB
Robert B. Jacquard
DDemocratic
P
Robert Craven
DDemocratic
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