UPDATE: S.3138 – A bill to amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to require hospitals and certain other participating providers under Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program to disclose the provider's policy on parental consent from the provision, withdrawal, or denial of life-sustaining treatment for minors, and for other purposes.

LATEST ACTION: December 19, 2019 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

BILL TITLE: A bill to amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to require hospitals and certain other participating providers under Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program to disclose the provider's policy on parental consent from the provision, withdrawal, or denial of life-sustaining treatment for minors, and for other purposes.

[NOTE: The contents of this legislative update are current as of 06:00 AM on December 20, 2019.]

BILL NUMBER: 116th Congress: Senate Bill 3138 (S.3138)

CHAMBER OF ORIGIN: U.S. Senate

CURRENT CHAMBER: U.S. Senate

For DETAILED LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION on S.3138, visit: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3138

BILL TEXT: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3138/text

ACTIONS-TO-DATE (ordered by most recent first):

12/19/2019 -- Senate -- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

12/19/2019 -- Senate -- Introduced in Senate.

SPONSOR(S)*:

-- Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]

CO-SPONSOR(S)*:

[*Note: Sponsors and co-sponsors are current as of December 19, 2019. For the most up-to-date version of the sponsor and co-sponsor lists, visit: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3138/cosponsors ]

-- Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO]

-- Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]

-- Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND]

-- Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]

COMMITTEES: Senate Finance Committee.