FL H0957 | 2016 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on March 11 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-03-11 - Died in Health Quality Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on March 11 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-03-11 - Died in Health Quality Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Requires DOH to develop & adopt by rule physician orders for life-sustaining treatment (POLST) form; requires AHCA to act as state clearinghouse for compassionate & palliative care plans; authorizes hospice care team to withhold or withdraw cardiopulmonary resuscitation if patient has POLST form that contains such order; requires DOH to establish procedures for honoring POLST form; requires health care surrogate to provide written consent for POLST form under certain circumstances.
Title
Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-03-11 | House | Died in Health Quality Subcommittee |
| 2016-01-12 | House | Introduced |
| 2016-01-08 | House | Referred to Health Quality Subcommittee; Civil Justice Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee |
| 2015-12-14 | House | Filed |
Same As/Similar To
S0662 (Similar To) 2016-03-11 - Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
S0664 (Similar To) 2016-03-11 - Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
S0664 (Similar To) 2016-03-11 - Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 395 | 1041 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 400 | 142 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 400 | 487 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 400 | 605 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 400 | 6095 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 401 | 35 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 401 | 45 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 401 | 455 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 408 | 064 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 429 | 255 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 429 | 73 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 456 | 072 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 765 | 205 | Amended Code | See Bill Text |
Florida State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/957 |
| Text | http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/0957/BillText/Filed/PDF |
