Florida Senate Bill 1878 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on April 30 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-04-30 - Died in Health Policy
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Requiring certain facilities to provide patients admitted for inpatient treatment or their legal representatives with an opportunity to designate a caregiver for the patient's aftercare within a specified timeframe; requiring facilities to notify a patient's designated caregiver of the patient's discharge or transfer from the facility within a specified timeframe; providing facilities, facility employees, and persons under contract with a facility immunity from liability in administrative, civil, and criminal actions for certain acts or omissions of designated caregivers, etc.

Designated Caregivers

Sen. Bobby Powell [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-04-30	Senate	Died in Health Policy
2021-03-10	Senate	Introduced
2021-03-04	Senate	Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations
2021-02-26	Senate	Filed

H1433 (Same As) 2021-04-30 - Died in Finance & Facilities Subcommittee

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
395	1013		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1878
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1878/BillText/Filed/HTML