Bill Text: MN HF2797 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Hospital futility policy disclosure required.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 10)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-12 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Health and Human Services Reform [HF2797 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-HF2797-Introduced.html
1.2relating to health; requiring disclosure of certain hospital futility policies;
1.3proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. [144.595] HOSPITAL FUTILITY POLICY.
1.6(a) A hospital licensed under sections 144.50 to 144.56 that adopts or implements a
1.7futility policy that applies to treatment of any child, from birth to 18 years of age, must
1.8disclose the futility policy to the parents of children treated at the hospital and must file a
1.9copy of the hospital futility policy with the commissioner of health.
1.10(b) For purposes of this section, a "futility policy" is any policy, whether written
1.11or otherwise, that encourages hospital employees, or other medical professionals who
1.12provide care to patients at the hospital, to withhold or discontinue treatment for a patient
1.13on the grounds of medical futility when withholding or discontinuing treatment would
1.14result in a financial benefit to the hospital.
1.3proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. [144.595] HOSPITAL FUTILITY POLICY.
1.6(a) A hospital licensed under sections 144.50 to 144.56 that adopts or implements a
1.7futility policy that applies to treatment of any child, from birth to 18 years of age, must
1.8disclose the futility policy to the parents of children treated at the hospital and must file a
1.9copy of the hospital futility policy with the commissioner of health.
1.10(b) For purposes of this section, a "futility policy" is any policy, whether written
1.11or otherwise, that encourages hospital employees, or other medical professionals who
1.12provide care to patients at the hospital, to withhold or discontinue treatment for a patient
1.13on the grounds of medical futility when withholding or discontinuing treatment would
1.14result in a financial benefit to the hospital.
