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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
6/13/2018 • Senate
Summary
Jessie's Law
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop and disseminate best practices for health care providers and state agencies regarding the display of a patient's history of opioid addiction in the patient's medical records.
In doing so, HHS must identify: (1) the circumstances under which information provided by a patient to a health care provider should, upon patient request, be displayed in the patient's medical records; (2) what constitutes a patient request; and (3) the process and methods by which the information should be displayed.
Introduced in House • 2/13/2018
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Originated in the House
Introduced
February 13, 2018
Committee Review
April 25, 2018
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Unanimous Consent .
Floor Debate
June 12, 2018
Passed Chamber
June 12, 2018
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Enacted into Law