AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- TREATMENT FOR PATIENTS WITH TERMINAL ILLNESS -- THE NEIL FACHON TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS' RIGHT TO TRY ACT OF 2021 (Creates the "Neil Fachon Terminally Ill Patients' Right To Try Act of 2021," which establishes the conditions for the use of experimental treatments for terminally ill patients.)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Mar 2021
House Passage
Feb 2021
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 22, 2021
Last action Mar 9, 2021
Floor votes · House Feb 25, 2021
How they voted
72–0
Passed
Total votes 72
Feb 25, 2021
D
Democratic62
100% Yea
R
Republican10
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
9
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Mar 9, 2021
Committee
03/09/2021 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services
upper
Feb 25, 2021
Lower · Passed
02/25/2021 House read and passed
lower
Feb 9, 2021
Legislature · Passed
02/09/2021 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Feb 2, 2021
Legislature · Passed
02/02/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Jan 29, 2021
Lower · Passed
01/29/2021 Committee transferred to House Health & Human Services
lower
Jan 22, 2021
Introduced
01/22/2021 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W.
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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