Key Votes
HB 17 - Allowing Doctors to Prescribe Antibiotics to Unnamed Sexual Partners - Key Vote
Utah Key Votes
Stages
- March 24, 2009 Executive Signed
- March 12, 2009 House Concurrence Vote Passed
- March 11, 2009 Senate Bill Passed
- Jan. 29, 2009 House Bill Passed
- Jan. 26, 2009 Introduced
Family
Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Signed (Executive) - March 24, 2009
Title: Allowing Doctors to Prescribe Antibiotics to Unnamed Sexual Partners
Signed by Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr.
Legislation - Concurrence Vote Passed (House) (71-2) - March 12, 2009
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (22-0) - March 11, 2009
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (63-8) - Jan. 29, 2009 (Key vote)
Title: Allowing Doctors to Prescribe Antibiotics to Unnamed Sexual Partners
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that authorizes doctors to prescribe antibiotics to unnamed sexual partners of patients being treated for chlamydia or gonorrhea without conducting an examination of those unnamed partners.
Highlights:
- Authorizes pharmacists to prescribe such antibiotics to any individual who claims to be a partner and presents a prescription for the unnamed partner of the patient (Sec. 1).
- Authorizes practitioners to refuse to prescribe such antibiotics to unnamed partners and specifies that the decision to do so is voluntary (Sec. 1).
Legislation - Introduced (House) - Jan. 26, 2009
Title: Allowing Doctors to Prescribe Antibiotics to Unnamed Sexual Partners
Sponsors
Co-sponsors
- Sheryl L. Allen (UT - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jackie Biskupski (UT - D) (Out Of Office)
- Rebecca Chavez-Houck (UT - D)
- Julie Fisher (UT - R) (Out Of Office)
- Lorie D. Fowlke (UT - R) (Out Of Office)
- Neil A. Hansen (UT - D) (Out Of Office)
- Neal B. Hendrickson (UT - D) (Out Of Office)
- Christine A. 'Chris' Johnson (UT - D) (Out Of Office)
- David E. Litvack (UT - D) (Out Of Office)
- Paul Ray (UT - R)
- Phil E. Riesen (UT - D) (Out Of Office)
- Evan J. Vickers (UT - R) (Out Of Office)
- Larry B. Wiley (UT - D)
