HB 381
Bill Summary
Under existing law, a person is not required to consent in order for a physician, psychiatrist, or psychologist to provide medical or mental health services to the person if the person is physically or mentally unable to consent provided two or more physicians, psychiatrists, or psychologists have indicated in writing that the services are necessary
This bill would include nurse practitioners and physician assistants as health care providers covered in the law and would provide that one physician, psychiatrist, or psychologist, and a nurse practitioner or physician assistant, could indicate in writing that the services are necessary
This bill would also delete certain other provisions related to unknown relatives
To amend Section 22-8-1, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the provision of medical or mental health services to a person who is physically or mentally unable to consent under certain conditions.
Bill Text
Under existing law, a person is not required to consent in order for a physician, psychiatrist, or psychologist to provide medical or mental health services to the person if the person is physically or mentally unable to consent provided two or more physicians, psychiatrists, or psychologists have indicated in writing that the services are necessary
This bill would include nurse practitioners and physician assistants as health care providers covered in the law and would provide that one physician, psychiatrist, or psychologist, and a nurse practitioner or physician assistant, could indicate in writing that the services are necessary
This bill would also delete certain other provisions related to unknown relatives
To amend Section 22-8-1, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the provision of medical or mental health services to a person who is physically or mentally unable to consent under certain conditions.
Section 1
Section 22-8-1 of the Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows:
§22-8-1.
No consent shall be required in order for a licensed physician, psychiatrist, or psychologist, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant to render provide any legally authorized medical or mental health services to a person when said the person is either physically unable to consent or mentally unable to consent and who, but for said the mental or physical disability, would be able to consent and who has no known relatives or legal guardian; provided, that two or more licensed physicians, psychiatrists, or psychologists, or one licensed physician, psychiatrist, or psychologist and one or more nurse practitioners or physician assistants, after having consultation, must indicate, in writing, have signed a written statement finding, in their judgment, that such the medical services are necessary, in their judgment, and any attempt to secure consent from any court or to further endeavor to locate unknown relatives would result in and that a delay of in treatment which would increase the risk to the person's life or health."
Section 2
This act shall become effective immediately following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.
Bill Actions
Action Date | Chamber | Action |
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May 28, 2019 | H | Delivered to Governor at 3:46 p.m. on May 28, 2019. |
May 28, 2019 | H | Assigned Act No. 2019-355. |
May 28, 2019 | H | Clerk of the House Certification |
May 28, 2019 | S | Signature Requested |
May 23, 2019 | H | Enrolled |
May 23, 2019 | H | Passed Second House |
May 23, 2019 | S | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1154 |
May 23, 2019 | S | Third Reading Passed |
May 23, 2019 | S | Chesteen motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote |
May 23, 2019 | S | Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair |
May 15, 2019 | S | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar |
May 2, 2019 | S | Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Healthcare |
May 2, 2019 | H | Rafferty intended to vote Yea |
May 2, 2019 | H | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 475 |
May 2, 2019 | H | Third Reading Passed |
April 25, 2019 | H | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar |
April 9, 2019 | H | Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Health |
Bill Votes
Bill Documents
Document Type | Document Location |
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Bill Text | http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019RS/PrintFiles/HB381-enr.pdf |
Bill Text | http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019RS/PrintFiles/HB381-int.pdf |