Date: 01/31/2012

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB12-1058

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Moved to refer House Bill 12-1058 to the CommitteePASS



02:44 PM -- House Bill 12-1058

Representative Joshi presented House Bill 12-1058, concerning the requirement that the Department of Public Health and Environment provide infant eye prophylaxis. The bill eliminates the duties of the Department of Public Health and Environment relating to the provision of a prophylaxis for use in treating the eyes of newborn children, and requires the health care provider in charge of the birth to treat a newborn child with an eye prophylaxis in accordance with the current medical standard of care. The bill eliminates certain requirements for county, district, and municipal public health directors related to prophylaxis-related cases.


BILL:HB12-1058
TIME: 02:46:37 PM
MOVED:Massey
MOTION:Moved to refer House Bill 12-1058 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 10-0.
SECONDED:Kefalas
VOTE
Bradford
Excused
Brown
Yes
Fields
Yes
Joshi
Yes
Kefalas
Yes
Kerr J.
Excused
Massey
Yes
McCann
Yes
Peniston
Yes
Schafer S.
Yes
Young
Excused
Acree
Yes
Summers
Yes
YES: 10 NO: 0 EXC: 3 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS