Indiana House Bill 1302 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-01-11 - First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
Pending: House Public Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Requires hospital clinical staff and hospital clinical trainees to wear identification cards containing certain information. Requires that certain written information concerning patient care be given to a patient before admission to a hospital. Provides that a patient may request that the nurse call the attending physician regarding the patient's personal medical care. Allows the patient to call the attending physician or designee. Requires the hospital to provide a mechanism through which a patient may access assistance for the resolution of the patient's medical concerns. Provides for administration and enforcement by the state department of health. Provides that these requirements do not create a civil cause of action.

In-hospital patient care.

Rep. Timothy Brown [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-01-11		First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
2012-01-11		Authored by Representative C. Brown

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2012&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=HB&docno=1302
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2012/IN/IN1302.1.html