| Legislation/Issues | Synopsis | Resources | New This Week/Upcoming Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| SB 201 - Public Health - Childbirth - Paternity Test | Requiring, when a child is born at a health care facility, the attending physician to offer to the presumed father of the child the option to take a paternity test; requiring that the offer to take a paternity test be made orally and in writing and before a birth certificate form for the child is completed; allowing the presumed father the option to waive the right to take a paternity test or elect to take a paternity test at any time before completion of the child's birth certificate; etc. | SB 201 | Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m. (1/11) |
| SB 538 (HB 83) - Civil Actions - Noneconomic Damages - Personal Injury and Wrongful Death | Altering certain limitations on noneconomic damages in civil actions for personal injury or wrongful death; and applying the Act only to causes of action arising after October 1, 2024. | SB 538 HB 83 | Hearing 3/27 at 2:30 p.m. (3/27) Hearing 2/07 at 2:30 p.m. (2/5) |
| SB 630 (HB 673) - Real Property - Contract Liens - Medical Debt | Prohibiting the creation of a lien on owner-occupied residential property by contract or as a result of a breach of contract for the payment of medical debt. | SB 630 HB 673 | Hearing 2/16 at 10:00 a.m. (2/12) Referred Judicial Proceedings (3/8) |
| SB 1110 (HB 1100) - Health - Child Advocacy Centers - Reporting Requirements and Investigations | Requiring child advocacy centers to report annually to the Behavioral Health Administration certain information related to behavioral health care services provided at the center; requiring the Administration to include in its annual report certain information related to child advocacy centers; and authorizing the Secretary of Health to investigate certain complaints related to child advocacy centers. | SB 1110 HB 1100 | First Reading Senate Rules (2/4) Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations) (2/12) |
| HB 328 - Hospitals - Financial Assistance Policies - Revisions | Altering the required contents of a hospital's financial assistance policy by removing the requirement that the provision of reduced-cost medically necessary care and payment plans be in accordance with the mission and service area of the hospital; authorizing hospitals to consider only household monetary assets in excess of $100,000 when determining eligibility for free and reduced-cost care under the hospital's financial assistance policy; and requiring that certain retirement assets be excluded from consideration. | HB 328 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 959 (5/16) |