Indiana House Bill 1114 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-01-26 - Representative C. Brown added as coauthor
Pending: House Public Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Establishes a process for the execution of a physician order for scope of treatment (POST) form by an individual and the individual's treating physician to indicate treatment the individual would like to have or have withheld under specified circumstances. Requires the state department of health to: (1) develop and distribute the POST form and specifies provisions to be included in the form; and (2) report to the health finance commission before October 1, 2014, and annually thereafter, concerning the POST form. Allows for the modification or revocation of the POST form. Provides civil and criminal immunity for certain actions taken by a health care provider under an executed POST form.

Physician order for scope of treatment forms.

Rep. Timothy Brown [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-01-26		Representative C. Brown added as coauthor
2012-01-09		First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
2012-01-09		Authored by Representative T. Brown

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2012&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=HB&docno=1114
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2012/IN/IN1114.1.html