03/15/2010 01:00 PM House JUDICIARY

        HB 71 - ADVANCE HEALTH CARE DIRECTIVES REGISTRY                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
1:10:59 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR RAMRAS announced that the  first order of business would be                                                               
HOUSE BILL  NO. 71, "An  Act relating  to a registry  for advance                                                               
health  care directives."    [The  proposed committee  substitute                                                               
(CS) for  HB 71,  Version 26-LS0289\T,  Kurtz/Bannister, 1/21/10,                                                               
had been reported from committee on 3/8/10.]                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
1:11:11 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  DAHLSTROM moved  that the  committee rescind  its                                                               
action  in reporting  the committee  substitute (CS)  for HB  71,                                                               
Version  26-LS0289\T, Kurtz/Bannister,  1/21/10, from  committee.                                                               
There being  no objection, it was  so ordered, and Version  T was                                                               
before the committee.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  HOLMES,  speaking  as  one  of  the  joint  prime                                                               
sponsors of HB  71, indicated that she and the  other joint prime                                                               
sponsors  have been  working with  the Department  of Health  and                                                               
Social  Services (DHSS)  to address  members' concerns  regarding                                                               
the fiscal  note and  they would  continue doing  so as  the bill                                                               
continues moving  through the  process.  She  noted that  at this                                                               
point,  HB 71  will continue  to have  a fiscal  note and  thus a                                                               
House Finance Committee referral.   Therefore, she requested that                                                               
the  legislation  be  reported  from committee  again  while  she                                                               
continues  to   work  with  the   other  joint   prime  sponsors,                                                               
Representative  Ramras,  and  DHSS  to address  the  fiscal  note                                                               
issues prior to the House Finance Committee hearing.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR RAMRAS, in  response to a question, indicated  that at this                                                               
time, he would not be reoffering Amendment 1.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  GRUENBERG recollected  that Amendment  1 -  which                                                               
failed to  be adopted on  3/8/10 -  would have replaced  the word                                                               
"may", on page 3, line 3, with the word "shall".                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
1:14:34 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  DAHLSTROM  moved  to  report the  CS  for  HB 71,                                                               
Version 26-LS0289\T,  Kurtz/Bannister, 1/21/10, out  of committee                                                               
with  individual  recommendations  and  the  accompanying  fiscal                                                               
notes.    There  being  no  objection,  CSHB  71(JUD)  was  again                                                               
reported from the House Judiciary Standing Committee.