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Bill would block access to records for patients of psychotherapists
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Patients who believe they have been abused by their
psychotherapists would face major new roadblocks in trying to obtain
their treatment records if a bill making its way through the
Legislature eventually passes.
Earlier this week, the House, without debate or roll call vote,
approved a measure that would allow therapists to withhold records if
they think it would "adversely affect the patient's well-being." The
bill is now before the Senate.
The action comes in the wake of the h...
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When it pays to forgive a patient's bill
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Patient's bill of rights passes unscathed in Senate.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; WASHINGTON _ The patient's bill of rights survived its first test in the Senate Tuesday, despite opposition from conservative Republicans, managed care companies, business groups and President Bush. Proposals meant to weaken and delay the measure were handily defeated, giving sponsors a big boost
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Bill lets doctors refuse CPR for some patients, Procedure could be skipped if patient too ill to be helped by it
Charleston Daily Mail
; Doctors could refuse to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation on patients who are so ill that it would do no good - even if the patients had previously said in writing they wanted it - under a bill pending in the Legislature. The bill is a more narrow version of a measure that died in the House
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FPs Rally to Patient Bill of Rights.(family physicians)(Brief Article)
Family Practice News
; WASHINGTON -- Family physicians converged on Washington last month in an effort to inject new life into efforts to pass Patient Bill of Rights legislation. At a press briefing outside the Capitol, 50 family physicians gathered before a small crowd to express their support for the legislation, which
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DASCHLE ENDORESES CLINTON'S CALL FOR PATIENT'S "BILL OF RIGHTS"
Capitol Hill Press Releases
; 00-00-0000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ranit Schmelzer Thursday, November 20,1997 Molly Rowley (202) 224-2939 Says Senate Democrats will help make rights a reality DASCHLE ENDORSES CLINTON'S CALL FOR PATIENT'S BILL OF RIGHTS Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle today strongly endorsed the
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