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IntroducedNov 08, 2023
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Passed Senate
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Passed House
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Patient-directed Doctor’s Orders; Authorizing specified personnel of hospitals, nursing homes, and home health agencies, respectively, to withhold or withdraw cardiopulmonary resuscitation if presented with a patient-directed doctor’s order (PDDO) form that contains an order not to resuscitate; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to adopt by rule procedures for the implementation of PDDO forms in hospice care; requiring the Department of Health to establish by rule circumstances and procedures under which emergency medical technicians and paramedics may honor PDDO forms, etc.
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Senate • Mar 08, 2024: Died in Health Policy
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Public Records/Patient-directed Doctor’s Order Forms; Creating an exemption from public records requirements for personal identifying information held in the database for patient-directed doctor’s order forms; authorizing the disclosure of such information to certain entities and individuals under specified conditions; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption under t...
Patient-directed Doctor's Orders; Establishes PDDO Program within DOH; authorizes EMTs & certain health care professionals to withhold or withdraw cardiopulmonary resuscitation or other medical interventions if presented with PDDO form that contains order not to resuscitate; provides specified health care providers & legal representatives with limited immunity.
Pub. Rec./Database for Patient-directed Doctor's Order Forms; Creates exemption from public records requirements for personal identifying information held in database for Patient-directed Doctor's Order forms; authorizes disclosure of such information to certain entities & individuals under specified conditions; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemption.
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- Mar 08, 2024 | Senate
- Died in Health Policy
- Jan 09, 2024 | Senate
- Introduced
- Nov 15, 2023 | Senate
- Referred to Health Policy; Judiciary; Fiscal Policy
- Nov 08, 2023 | Senate
- Filed
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