HB191 Alabama 2022 Session
Signed by Governor
Bill Summary
Sponsors
Session
Regular Session 2022
Title
Natural Death Act, certification of surrogate to make end of life health care decisions, notarization requirement removed, Sec. 22-8A-11 am'd.
Description
<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, a surrogate may be
designated to determine whether to provide,
withdraw, or withhold life-sustaining treatment or
artificially provided nutrition and hydration to a
terminally ill patient if the patient has no
advance directive for health care, provided the
surrogate meets certain qualifications and
certifies and attests to meeting the
qualifications</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would remove the requirement that
a surrogate's certification be notarized</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> Relating to end-of-life care; to amend Section
22-8A-11, Code of Alabama 1975; to provide further for the
certification of a surrogate designated to make end-of-life
decisions for a terminally ill patient.
</p>
Subjects
Health CareHealth
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| April 7, 2022 | H | Forwarded to Governor on April 7, 2022 at 5:36 p.m. on April 7, 2022. |
| April 7, 2022 | H | Assigned Act No. 2022-434. |
| April 7, 2022 | H | Clerk of the House Certification |
| April 7, 2022 | H | Enrolled |
| April 7, 2022 | S | Signature Requested |
| April 7, 2022 | S | Concurred in Second House Amendment |
| April 7, 2022 | H | Oliver motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 967 |
| April 7, 2022 | H | Concurrence Requested |
| April 5, 2022 | S | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 958 |
| March 17, 2022 | S | Waggoner motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote |
| March 17, 2022 | S | Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 661 |
| March 17, 2022 | S | Healthcare Amendment Offered |
| March 17, 2022 | S | Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair |
| March 9, 2022 | S | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment |
| February 8, 2022 | S | Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Healthcare |
| February 8, 2022 | H | Engrossed |
| February 8, 2022 | H | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 75 |
| February 8, 2022 | H | Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 74 |
| February 8, 2022 | H | Oliver Amendment Offered |
| February 8, 2022 | H | Third Reading Passed |
| February 2, 2022 | H | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar |
| February 1, 2022 | H | Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Health |
Bill Calendar
| Type | Date | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hearing | March 9, 2022 | Room 304 at 09:30 | Senate HLTH Hearing |
| Hearing | February 2, 2022 | Room 206 ***Updated Agenda*** at 10:30 | House HLTH Hearing |
Bill Text
Bill Votes
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | HB191 Alabama 2022 Session - Introduced |
| Bill Text | HB191 Alabama 2022 Session - Engrossed |
| Bill Text | HB191 Alabama 2022 Session - Enrolled |
| Bill Amendments | House Oliver Amendment Offered |
| Bill Amendments | Senate Healthcare first Amendment Offered |
| Fiscal Note | Fiscal Note - HB191 for Health |
| Fiscal Note | Fiscal Note - HB191 for Healthcare |
| Fiscal Note | Fiscal Note - HB191 for Healthcare |
| Fiscal Note | Fiscal Note - HB191 for |