Nevada 2019 Regular Session Status: In Committee

SB 116 — Provides for the selection of a proxy decision-maker to make medical treatment decisions for certain adult patients who lack the capacity to provide consent to or refusal of medical treatment. (BDR 40-524)

Last action — (Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.)

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    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed Assembly
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2019 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

AN ACT relating to health care; providing for the selection of a proxy decision-maker for an adult patient who lacks the capacity to provide consent to or refusal of medical treatment; establishing standards for carrying out decisions for the medical treatment of an adult patient for whom a proxy decision-maker has been selected; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. (Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.)

  2. Read first time. To committee.

  3. From printer.

  4. Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer.

Sponsors

  • Senator Joseph Hardy · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 66 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Senator Joseph Hardy

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (66)

66 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 116 do?
AN ACT relating to health care; providing for the selection of a proxy decision-maker for an adult patient who lacks the capacity to provide consent to or refusal of medical treatment; establishing standards for carrying out decisions for the medical treatment of an adult patient for whom a proxy decision-maker has been selected; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Who sponsors SB 116?
SB 116 is sponsored by Senator Joseph Hardy.
What is the current status of SB 116?
This bill died with 2019 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 116?
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