Relating to health care; and declaring an emergency.
Summary
Prohibits hospital from conditioning admission or treatment, or suggesting that treatment is conditioned, on patient having POLST or executing advance directive or other instruction regarding administration, withholding or withdrawing of life-sustaining procedures or artificially administered nutrition and hydration. Requires hospital to permit presence of support person for person with disability in emergency department and during hospital stay under specified conditions. Allows hospital to impose conditions to ensure safety of patient, support person and staff. Authorizes civil penalty or revocation or suspension of license ] for violations of specified provisions. Requires health care provider to immediately notify state protection and advocacy organization if, during state of emergency or public health emergency, person acting on behalf of patient with intellectual or developmental disability authorizes withholding or withdrawing of life-sustaining procedures or artificially administered nutrition and hydration or transfer of patient to hospice care or if patient is denied services, care, equipment or treatment based on crisis care guidance. ] Requires notification to Department of Human Services case manager, if any, and state protection and advocacy organization ] before withholding or withdrawing from person with intellectual or developmental disability life-sustaining procedures or artificially administered nutrition and hydration during state of emergency or state of public health emergency ]. Creates unlawful practice of denying medical treatment or restricting or limiting allocation of medical resources to protected class or based on patient's race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age or disability. ] Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2020
Committee Review
Jun 2020
Senate Passage
Jun 2020
House Passage
Jul 2020
Signed into Law
Jul 2020
Introduced Jun 24, 2020
Signed Jul 7, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Jun 26, 2020 · House Jun 27, 2020
How they voted
27–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 30
Jun 26, 2020
D
Democratic18
100% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican11
72% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
7
Committee
4
Jul 7, 2020
Signed into law
Governor signed.
upper
Jul 7, 2020
Lower · Passed
Speaker signed.
lower
Jun 30, 2020
Upper · Passed
President signed.
upper
Jun 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Prusak. Passed.
lower
Jun 26, 2020
Introduced
Vote explanation filed by Boquist.
upper
Jun 26, 2020
Lower · Passed
Recommendation: Do pass.
lower
Jun 26, 2020
Committee
Referred to The First Special Session of 2020.
lower
Jun 26, 2020
Introduced
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
lower
Jun 26, 2020
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed.
upper
Jun 26, 2020
Upper · Passed
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.)
upper
Jun 24, 2020
Committee
Referred to The First Special Session of 2020.
upper
Jun 24, 2020
Introduced
Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
upper
2 primary · 14 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
PC
Peter Courtney
DDemocratic
P
Sara Gelser Blouin
DDemocratic
Co
AK
Alissa Keny-Guyer
DDemocratic
Co
AS
Andrea Salinas
DDemocratic
Co
Bill Post
RRepublican
Co
Cedric Hayden
RRepublican
Co
Cheri Helt
RRepublican
Co
David Smith
RRepublican
Co
JZ
Jack Zika
RRepublican
Co
James Manning
DDemocratic
Co
Laurie Monnes Anderson
DDemocratic
Co
Mark Hass
DDemocratic
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