Indiana House Bill 1265 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-3)
Status: Passed on May 4 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-05-04 - Public Law 137
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Designation of caregiver for patients. Requires a hospital to provide each admitted patient or the patient's health care representative with an opportunity to designate a lay caregiver within a specified time. Specifies documentation of whether the patient designates a lay caregiver. Requires the hospital to do certain acts including the following: (1) Request written consent to release medical information to the designated lay caregiver. (2) Record certain information concerning the designated lay caregiver in the patient's medical chart. (3) Attempt to consult with the designated lay caregiver before release of the patient. (4) Prepare an at home care plan. (5)

Designation of caregiver for patients. Requires a hospital to provide each admitted patient or the patient's health care representative with an opportunity to designate a lay caregiver within a specified time. Specifies documentation of whether the patient designates a lay caregiver. Requires the hospital to do certain acts including the following: (1) Request written consent to release medical information to the designated lay caregiver. (2) Record certain information concerning the designated lay caregiver in the patient's medical chart. (3) Attempt to consult with the designated lay caregiver before release of the patient. (4) Prepare an at home care plan. (5)

Rep. Dennis Zent [R]	Rep. Edward Clere [R]	Rep. Karlee Macer [D]	Rep. Charlie Brown [D]
Sen. Patricia Miller [R]	Sen. Ed Charbonneau [R]	Sen. Vaneta Becker [R]	Sen. Mark Stoops [D]

2015-04-16 - House - House - House concurred in Senate amendments (Y: 86 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 13) [PASS]
2015-04-14 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 50 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-04-08 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-24 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 92 N: 1 NV: 3 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2015-02-18 - House - House Committee on Public Health - Committee Vote (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-05-04	House	Public Law 137
2015-05-04	House	Signed by the Governor
2015-04-30	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2015-04-22	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2015-04-21	House	Signed by the Speaker
2015-04-16	House	House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 500: yeas 86, nays 0
2015-04-16	House	Motion to concur filed
2015-04-15	Senate	Returned to the House with amendments
2015-04-14	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 441: yeas 50, nays 0
2015-04-13	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2015-04-09	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2015-04-02	Senate	Senator Stoops added as cosponsor
2015-04-02	Senate	Senator Becker added as third sponsor
2015-03-09	Senate	Senator Charbonneau added as second sponsor
2015-03-02	Senate	First Reading: Referred to committee on Health & Provider Services
2015-02-25	House	Referred to the Senate
2015-02-24	House	Senator Miller, Pat added as sponsor
2015-02-24	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 239: yeas 92, nays 1
2015-02-23	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2015-02-19	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2015-02-16	House	Representative Brown, C. added as coauthor
2015-02-16	House	Representative Macer added as coauthor
2015-01-13	House	First Reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
2015-01-13	House	Coauthored by Representative Clere
2015-01-13	House	Authored by Representative Zent

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2015/bills/house/1265/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/6/2/b/462b153c/HB1265.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/5/d/9/d5d928b9/HB1265.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/0/4/4/2044509b/HB1265.02.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/4/b/d/24bdc80f/HB1265.02.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/1/4/e/514e8c18/HB1265.03.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/a/4/2/da422786/HB1265.03.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/9/7/5/d975ad40/HB1265.04.ENRH.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/5/b/5/95b5082a/HB1265.01.INTR.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/7/b/d/c7bdf414/HB1265.239.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/4/8/6/d486cc5f/HB1265.02.COMH.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/a/4/d/ba4d29d8/HB1265.441.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/c/a/e/ecaed7ab/HB1265.500.pdf