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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 757

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Relating to: allowing do-not-resuscitate necklaces or pendants, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.

Death Health services department of — Health Legislature — Criminal penalties joint review committee on

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill adds do-not-resuscitate necklaces or pendants that meet certain

requirements to the types of standardized do-not-resuscitate jewelry that a person

may wear to signify that the person is a qualified patient who has obtained a

do-not-resuscitate order from a physician and that the order has not been revoked.

Under current law, the only type of do-not-resuscitate jewelry allowed for qualifying

patients is a do-not-resuscitate bracelet meeting certain criteria.

The bill also requires the Department of Health Services to establish rules for

a uniform standard for the size, color, and design of all do-not-resuscitate necklaces

and pendants, but as under current law for do-not-resuscitate bracelets, DHS may

also approve a do-not-resuscitate necklace or pendant developed and distributed by

a commercial vendor if certain requirements are met.

Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime,

the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a

report.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Anderson (D) , Bowen (D) , Brooks (R) , C. Taylor (D) , Fields (D) , Hebl (D) , James (R) , Loudenbeck (R) , Mursau (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Pope (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D)

5 cosponsors

Bewley (D) , Miller (D) , Olsen (R) , Ringhand (D) , Schachtner (D)

Full history

  1. Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Hebl, Loudenbeck, Anderson, Bowen, Brooks, Fields, James, Mursau, Ohnstad, Pope, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Subeck and C. Taylor; cosponsored by Senators Bewley, Miller, Olsen, Ringhand and Schachtner

  2. Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Health

  3. Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1