FIFTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE

FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 2025

February 3, 2025

 

 

 

Mr. Speaker:

 

    Your HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred

 

HOUSE BILL 117

 

has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:

 

    1. On page 1, line 12, after "PATIENT", insert "; AMENDING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR REFERRALS TO THE STATE MEDICAL INVESTIGATOR".

 

     2. On page 4, line 24, strike "ten" and insert in lieu thereof "one hundred eighty".

 

     3. On page 4, line 24, strike "treated" and insert in lieu thereof "provided a medical examination, medical advice or a prescription for medication".

 

     4. On page 4, line 25, before "physician", insert "primary care".

 

     5. On page 4, line 25, after the comma, insert "physician assistant or nurse practitioner,".

 

     6. On page 5, line 2, after the period, insert:

 

     "If a physician, physician assistant or nurse practitioner is unable to certify the cause of death for a decedent by reasonably ascertaining the cause of death from the decedent's medical history, the case shall be referred to the state medical investigator for investigation to determine and certify the cause of death.".,

 

 

and thence referred to the GOVERNMENT, ELECTIONS AND INDIAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.                            

                             Respectfully submitted,

 

 

 

 

                                                                 

Elizabeth Thomson, Chair

 

 

Adopted     Not Adopted

           (Chief Clerk)                            (Chief Clerk)

 

Date

 

 

The roll call vote was 9 For 0 Against

Yes:      Anaya, Cates, Chavez, N., Chávez, E., Herndon, Jones, Martinez, A., Sena Cortez, Thomson

No:       0

Excused:  Ferrary

Absent:   None

 

 

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