KY HB549 | 2016 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on February 29 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-03-01 - to Health & Welfare (H)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

Summary

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 216B to establish a process to designate a lay caregiver to be contacted upon discharge from a hospital; provide instructions to designated lay caregiver; provide that the designation of a lay caregiver not interfere with provisions of a living will; provide that compliance or noncompliance does not constitute a private right of action or standard of care.

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Title

AN ACT relating to family caregivers.

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2016-03-01Houseto Health & Welfare (H)
2016-02-29Houseintroduced in House

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