Elaine Alquist
- Democratic
Author
Existing law provides that patients of skilled nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities have prescribed rights. This bill would add to these rights the right of every resident to receive all information that is material to an individual's decision concerning whether to accept or refuse any proposed treatment or procedure. This bill would make the physician responsible for disclosing the material information to the resident and obtaining his or her informed consent. This bill would require that informed consent, as defined, be obtained in accordance with the above requirements of the bill, with respect to a resident's decision to accept or reject the administration of a psychotherapeutic drug. This bill would also require the State Department of Public Health to inspect for compliance with this requirement during prescribed inspections. Under existing law, the Long-Term Care, Health, Safety, and Security Act of 1973, an attending physician and surgeon who seeks to prescribe, order, or increase an order for an antipsychotic medication for a resident of a skilled nursing facility is required to obtain the informed consent of that resident. A violation of this provision is a misdemeanor. This bill would extend these requirements to a physician and surgeon of a resident in an intermediate care facility. This bill would apply the definition of "informed consent" contained in the bill to this provision. Because this bill would change the definition of a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Stricken from Senate file.
In Senate. To unfinished business. (Veto)
Vetoed by Governor.
Enrolled. To Governor at 11 a.m.
Senate concurs in Assembly amendments. (Ayes 22. Noes 13. Page 2372.) To enrollment.
In Senate. To unfinished business.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 50. Noes 26. Page 3078.) To Senate.
Read third time. Amended. (Page 2894.) To third reading.
Amendments by Assembly Member Knight tabled on motion by Assembly Member Torrico. (Ayes 48. Noes 28. Page 2896.)
Amendments by Assembly Member Anderson tabled on motion by Assembly Member Krekorian. (Ayes 47. Noes 28. Page 2896.)
Amendments by Assembly Member Logue tabled on motion by Assembly Member Krekorian. (Ayes 48. Noes 28. Page 2895.)
Amendments by Assembly Member Gaines tabled on motion by Assembly Member Krekorian. (Ayes 48. Noes 28. Page 2894.)
Read second time. To third reading.
(Heard in committee on August 19.)
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.)
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
(Heard in committee on June 30.)
From committee: Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.)
From committee: Do pass, but first be re-referred to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 13. Noes 3.) Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
(Heard in committee on June 23.)
To Coms. on HEALTH and JUD.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 13. Page 1139.) To Assembly.
Read second time. To third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 5. Page 1069.)
Set for hearing May 28.
(Suspense - for vote only.)
Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing May 18.
Hearing postponed by committee.
Set for hearing May 11.
From committee: Do pass, but first be re-referred to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 2. Page 701.) Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
Set for hearing April 28.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
From committee: Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 3. Page 421.)
Set for hearing April 1.
To Coms. on HEALTH and JUD.
From print. May be acted upon on or after March 28.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB303 | HTML |
| 02/25/09 - Introduced | |
| 04/14/09 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/16/09 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/27/09 - Amended Senate | |
| 07/07/09 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/17/09 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/02/09 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/11/09 - Enrolled |
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