FL S0228 | 2017 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on May 5 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-05-05 - Died in Judiciary
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on May 5 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-05-05 - Died in Judiciary
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
Establishing the Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Program within the Department of Health; providing limited immunity for legal representatives and specified health care providers acting in good faith in reliance on POLST forms; authorizing emergency medical transportation providers to withhold or withdraw cardiopulmonary resuscitation or other medical interventions if presented with POLST forms that contain an order not to resuscitate, etc.
Title
Physician Orders for Life-sustaining Treatment
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2017-05-05 | Senate | Died in Judiciary |
| 2017-05-05 | Senate | Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration |
| 2017-03-07 | Senate | Introduced |
| 2017-01-12 | Senate | Referred to Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations |
| 2017-01-03 | Senate | Filed |
Same As/Similar To
S0722 (Related) 2017-05-05 - Died in Judiciary
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute 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 | 451 | 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/2017/228 |
| Text | http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2017/0228/BillText/Filed/HTML |
