BILL · 1997–98 SESSION
SB 6576: End-of-life care act
Creating the end-of-life care act.
Summary
- Declares that a qualified patient has the right to make voluntary and informed choices of care including a request for home care, hospice care, psychological and social counseling, palliative care, as well as a voluntary revocable recorded request for withholding cardiopulmonary resuscitation and/or for palliative sedation that may have the double effect of hastening death.
From the Bill Digest (SB 6576), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 21, 1998
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Darlene Fairley (D-32)
- Introduced
- January 21, 1998 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 21, 1998
- Companion bill
- HB 2853
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Darlene Fairley (D-32)
3 co-sponsors (2 Democrats, 1 Republican)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
The Legislature's online data doesn't include step-by-step history for sessions before 2001. Its final status is shown above, and the official bill page may have more.
SB 6576 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- SB 6576 (2019–20) Prison to postsecondary ed.
- SB 6576 (2017–18) State routes in cities
- SB 6576 (2015–16) Railroad contingency plans
- SB 6576 (2013–14) Oil spills
- SB 6576 (2011–12) School districts/records
- SB 6576 (2009–10) Dues & fees B&O tx deduction
- SB 6576 (2007–08) Electronic traffic flagging
- SB 6576 (2005–06) Sex offender information