SB238 Alabama 2015 Session

Updated Jul 24, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Gerald O. Dial
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2015
Title: Hospitals, to require to provide information and instructions to caregivers upon discharge of patient
Description: This bill would require hospitals to provide a designated caregiver of a patient, prior to discharge from the hospital, with a discharge plan describing the patient's aftercare needs.
This bill would authorize the Alabama Department of Public Health to promulgate rules.
This bill would also clarify that this act would not interfere with the rights of an agent operating under a valid advance directive for health care.
Subjects: Hospitals

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Health and Human Services