Bill Summary

SB 1602 Health Care Patient Protection (2025 Session)
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Sponsors
by Harrell  CS Sponsors: Health Policy
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Summary
Health Care Patient Protection; Requiring hospital emergency departments to develop and implement policies and procedures, conduct training, record weights in a certain manner, designate a pediatric emergency care coordinator, and conduct specified assessments; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to adopt certain rules for comprehensive emergency management plans; requiring the agency to collect and publish the results of specified assessments submitted by hospitals by specified dates, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
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committees of reference
   S Health Policy
   S Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
   S Fiscal Policy
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Actions
02/27/25
SENATE
Filed
03/06/25
SENATE
Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
03/27/25
SENATE
On Committee agenda - Health Policy, 04/01/25, 1:30 pm, 412 K
04/01/25
SENATE
Favorable with CS by Health Policy; 10 Yeas, 0 Nays
04/03/25
SENATE
Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
04/03/25
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Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
04/10/25
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On Committee agenda - Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 04/15/25, 8:30 am, 412 K
04/15/25
SENATE
Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; 10 Yeas, 0 Nays
04/15/25
SENATE
Now in Fiscal Policy
04/17/25
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On Committee agenda - Fiscal Policy, 04/22/25, 11:00 am, 412 K
04/22/25
SENATE
Favorable by Fiscal Policy; 18 Yeas, 0 Nays
04/23/25
SENATE
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
04/28/25
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Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/30/25
04/30/25
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Temporarily Postponed on Second Reading
04/30/25
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Retained on Special Order Calendar
05/01/25
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Temporarily Postponed on Second Reading
05/01/25
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Retained on Special Order Calendar
05/02/25
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Temporarily Postponed on Second Reading
05/03/25
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Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
06/16/25
SENATE
Died on Calendar
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bill text & filed amendments
1602
Filed on 02/27/25
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Amendment 722464
Harrell
Filed on 03/31/25
Replaced by CS
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1602C1
Filed on 04/03/25
PDF
No amendments to this bill text filed.
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Statute Citations
395.1012
395.1055
408.05
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