2007-01-16                     Senate Journal                      Page 0015
SB 8                                                                                                                          
SENATE BILL NO. 8 BY SENATORS DAVIS, Ellis, Elton, entitled:                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
          "An Act relating to a mental health patient's right to                                                                
          choose the gender of hospital staff providing intimate                                                                
          care to the mental health patient and to the duties of                                                                
          hospital staff in caring for patients receiving mental                                                                
          health treatment."                                                                                                    
          (Prefile released January 5, 2007)                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the Health, Education and Social                                                        
Services, Judiciary and Finance Committees.