Virginia House Bill 1205 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 17 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-01-28 - Stricken from docket by Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Secretary of Health and Human Resources; increase sharing of electronic health records; report. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to work with stakeholders, which shall include representatives of hospitals and other health care providers in the Commonwealth, to (i) evaluate interoperability of electronic health records systems among health systems and health care providers and the ability of health systems and health care providers to share patient records in electronic format and (ii) develop recommendations for improving the ability of health systems and health care providers to share electronic health records with the goal of ensuring that all health care providers in the Commonwealth are able to share electronic health information to reduce the cost of health care and improve the efficiency of health care services. The Secretary shall report its findings and recommendations to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by December 1, 2016. The bill contains an emergency clause.

Secretary of Health and Human Resources; increase sharing of electronic health records, report.

Del. John O'Bannon [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-01-28	House	Stricken from docket by Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote
2016-01-17	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2016-01-17	House	Presented and ordered printed with emergency clause 16103302D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+HB1205
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB1205+hil