GA HB742 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: Introduced on March 17 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2010-03-11 - House Committee Favorably Reported
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on March 17 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2010-03-11 - House Committee Favorably Reported
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to consent for surgical or medical treatment, so as to provide for additional persons and entities that shall be authorized to consent to surgical or medical treatment on behalf of an incapacitated person; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for immunity; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 4 of Title 29 of the O.C.G.A., relating to procedure for appointment of guardians for adults, so as to provide for expedited judicial intervention for the appointment of a temporary medical consent guardian; to provide for termination of a temporary medical consent guardianship; to provide for immunity; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Title
Surgical or medical treatment; additional persons authorized to consent to treatment; provisions
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2010-03-11 | House Committee Favorably Reported | |
2009-03-18 | House Second Readers | |
2009-03-17 | House First Readers |