Bills › 89th General Assembly
Relating to health care including protections for health care providers against disciplinary actions for acts or omissions related to COVID-19 and to experimental treatments for terminally ill persons, and including effective date provisions
Sponsored by the House Human Resources Committee
Topics:Health care
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 11, 2022
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 11, 2022
- Done: House committeeJanuary 27, 2022
- Done: Passes the HouseMarch 2, 202262–36
- Done: Senate committeeMarch 16, 2022
- Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary People who are terminally ill and using machines to help them breathe can now qualify to try experimental medical treatments. The new rules also allow doctors to use certain medicines in ways they weren't originally intended for. Additionally, the law provides more legal protection for people who follow these rules in good faith.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to experimental treatments for terminally ill persons. The bill expands the definition of “eligible patient” to include a person who is receiving mechanical ventilation to prolong life. The bill also expands the definition of an “investigational drug, biological product, or device” to include the off-label use of a drug as defined in the bill. The bill replaces the current required involvement of the patient’s physician or the patient’s treating physician to instead require involvement from a physician or a treating physician to fulfill certain duties. The bill expands protections relating to a private cause of action for certain persons complying in good faith with and exercising reasonable care under the bill. The bill takes effect upon enactment.
Changed since by amendments H-8105, H-8053; see Amendments.
Senate subcommittee
Named March 8, 2022. On March 9, 2022 it recommended passage.
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Lobbying
3 for · 3 against · 22 undecided · Who →