16RS House Bill 519

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Last Action	to Health & Welfare (S)
Title	AN ACT relating to family caregivers.
Bill Documents	Bill
Bill Request Number	2065
Sponsors	J. Wayne, T. Burch, G. Brown Jr, M. Marzian, G. Stumbo, D. Watkins
Summary of Original Version	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.
Index Headings of Original Version	Disabilities and the Disabled - Lay caregiver, designate Drugs and Medicines - Lay caregiver, designate Health and Medical Services - Lay caregiver, contact designated Hospitals and Nursing Homes - Lay caregiver, contact designated Nurses - Lay caregiver, contact designated Physicians and Practitioners - Lay caregiver, contact designated Public Health - Lay caregiver, contact designated Aged Persons and Aging - Lay caregiver, designate
Votes	Vote History

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02/26/16	introduced in House
02/29/16	to Health & Welfare (H)
03/04/16	posted in committee
03/10/16	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
03/11/16	2nd reading, to Rules posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, March 14, 2016
03/14/16	3rd reading, passed 94-0
03/15/16	received in Senate
03/17/16	to Health & Welfare (S)