Kevin McCarty
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 6
Author
Existing law sets forth the Pain Patient's Bill of Rights, which grants a patient who suffers from severe chronic intractable pain the option to request or reject the use of any or all modalities to relieve their pain. This bill would make related findings and declarations, including that the health care system should encourage the use of evidence-based nonpharmacological therapies for pain management.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 160, Statutes of 2022.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5876.).
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4686.).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
Ordered to special consent calendar.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Ordered to second reading.
Withdrawn from committee.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 22).
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5035.)
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
Introduced. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB2585 | HTML |
| 02/18/22 - Introduced | |
| 06/27/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/16/22 - Enrolled | |
| 08/22/22 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/22/22- Assembly Health | |
| 05/16/22- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 06/20/22- Senate Health | |
| 08/03/22- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/10/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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