PRINTER'S NO. 1796
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1329
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY ENGLISH, HENNESSEY, SAMUELSON, PICKETT, FREEMAN,
V. BROWN, KOTIK, KILLION, KINSEY, READSHAW, TOEPEL, DAVIDSON,
SAYLOR, SCHLOSSBERG, MILLARD, RAVENSTAHL, QUIGLEY, COHEN,
KORTZ, TALLMAN, MURT, MAHER, MUSTIO, GERGELY, D. COSTA,
M. DALEY, MENTZER AND HARHART, JUNE 12, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGING AND OLDER ADULT SERVICES,
JUNE 12, 2015
AN ACT
Requiring certain hospitals to allow patients an opportunity to
designate caregivers in patients' medical records and
imposing duties on hospitals.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known as the Caregiver Advise, Record and
Enable Act.
Section 2. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"After-care assistance." Any assistance provided by a lay
caregiver to a patient following the patient's discharge from a
hospital, which assistance is related to the patient's condition
at the time of discharge, including, but not limited to,
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