H1058B1609A00955 AJM:EJH 04/30/19 #90 A00955
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 1058
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE FRANKEL
Printer's No. 1609
Amend Bill, page 1, lines 1 through 4, by striking out all of
said lines and inserting
Providing for education about perinatal palliative care for
providers and information about perinatal palliative care for
patients that receive a diagnosis of a life limiting
condition; and imposing duties on the Department of Health.
Amend Bill, page 1, lines 15 through 18; page 2, lines 1
through 6; by striking out all of said lines on said pages
Amend Bill, page 2, lines 11 through 30; pages 3 and 4, lines
1 through 30; page 5, lines 1 through 11; by striking out all of
said lines on said pages and inserting
"Hospice." As defined in section 802.1 of the Health Care
Facilities Act.
"Life limiting condition." A health condition that carries a
high risk of mortality and either severely negatively impacts a
person's daily function or quality of life or excessively
strains the person's caregiver.
"Palliative care." Care that:
(1) focuses on expert assessment and management of pain
and other symptoms, assessment and support of caregiver needs
and coordination of care;
(2) attends to the physical, functional, psychological,
practical and spiritual consequences of a serious illness;
(3) is person-centered and family-centered, providing
people living with serious illness relief from the symptoms
and stress of an illness;
(4) through collaboration of an interdisciplinary care
team, improves quality of life for the patient and the
family; and
(5) can be offered in all care settings and at any stage
of a serious illness, including through bereavement.
Section 3. Perinatal palliative care.
(a) Information for health care practitioners.--The
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