VA SB629 | 2024 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 20 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-20 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0126)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Summary

Civil immunity; dentists and dental hygienists; mental health treatment for health care professionals; reporting requirements. Adds dentists and dental hygienists to the list of providers who are immune from civil liability for any act done or made in performance of his duties while serving as a member of or consultant to an entity that functions primarily to review, evaluate, or make recommendations on a professional program to address issues related to career fatigue and wellness in health care professionals. The bill also extends civil immunity to certain providers for any act done or made in performance of his duties while serving as a member of or consultant to an entity that functions primarily to arrange for or provide outpatient health care for health care professionals. The bill also revises the Board of Medicine reporting requirements when a health care professional is admitted for mental health treatment. Under the bill, if a health care professional is voluntarily admitted to a health care institution for treatment of a substance abuse or psychiatric illness and is no longer believed to be a danger within 30 days then no report will be made to the Board of Medicine.

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Title

Dentists and dental hygienists; added to list of providers who are immune from civil liability, etc.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2024-02-20 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2024-02-15 - House - House: Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-26 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2024-01-25 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2024-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0126)
2024-03-20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 126 (effective 7/1/24)
2024-03-11 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
2024-03-11SenateEnrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
2024-02-29SenateSigned by President
2024-02-26HouseSigned by Speaker
2024-02-26SenateBill text as passed Senate and House (SB629ER)
2024-02-26SenateEnrolled
2024-02-20HouseVOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
2024-02-20HousePassed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
2024-02-20HouseRead third time
2024-02-19HouseRead second time
2024-02-15HouseReported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N)
2024-02-13HouseReferred to Committee on Health and Human Services
2024-02-13HouseRead first time
2024-02-13HousePlaced on Calendar
2024-01-30SenateRead third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2024-01-29SenateRead second time and engrossed
2024-01-26SenateConstitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
2024-01-25SenateReported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
2024-01-16SenateAssigned Education and Health Sub: Health Professions
2024-01-10SenateReferred to Committee on Education and Health
2024-01-10SenatePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101385D

Same As/Similar To

HB42 (Similar To) 2024-03-20 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0096)

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
5412400.6(n/a)See Bill Text
801581.16(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources

TypeSource
Summaryhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB629
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB629+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB629ER+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0126+hil
Supplementhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+SB629F122+PDF
Supplementhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+SB629FER122+PDF
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+S04V0053+SB0629
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+SV0124SB0629+SB0629
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+SV0143SB0629+SB0629
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H24V0182+SB0629
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+HV0900+SB0629

Bill Comments

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