Patients; medically or ethically inappropriate care not required.
Summary
Establishes a process whereby a physician may cease to provide health care that has been determined to be medically or ethically inappropriate for a patient. This bill is identical to
Bill status
passed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2017
Committee Review
Feb 2018
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2018
Senate Passage
Feb 2018
Governor
Introduced Dec 29, 2017
Last action Mar 6, 2018
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
4
Committee
8
Amendments
1
Feb 14, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
legislature
Feb 13, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House (81-Y 19-N)
legislature
Feb 12, 2018
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB226E
legislature
Feb 12, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Committee amendments from Courts of Justice agreed to
legislature
Feb 12, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Committee amendments from Health, Welfare and Institutions agreed to
legislature
Feb 6, 2018
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
legislature
Feb 1, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
legislature
Jan 30, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee for Courts of Justice
legislature
Jan 22, 2018
Committee
Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3
legislature
Dec 29, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
legislature
Dec 29, 2017
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101693D
legislature
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Christopher P. Stolle
RRepublican
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