Virginia House Bill 1701 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 18 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-18 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0368)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Department of Health; Department of Health Professions Medical Excellence Zone Program; telemedicine; reciprocal agreements. Directs the Department of Health to determine the feasibility of establishing a Medical Excellence Zone Program to allow citizens of the Commonwealth living in rural underserved areas to receive medical treatment via telemedicine services from providers licensed or registered in a state that is contiguous with the Commonwealth and directs the Department of Health Professions to pursue reciprocal agreements with such states for licensure for certain primary care practitioners licensed by the Board of Medicine. The bill requires the Department of Health to set out the criteria that would be required for a locality or group of localities in the Commonwealth to be eligible for the designation as a medical excellence zone and report its findings to the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions by November 1, 2020.

Medical Excellence Zone Program; VDH to determine feasibility of establishment.

Del. Kathy Tran [D]

2020-02-24 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-21 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) (Y: 32 N: 0 NV: 8 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-07 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-04 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-29 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-18		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0368)
2020-03-18		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 368 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-11		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-11	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2020
2020-03-02	Senate	Signed by President
2020-02-28	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-02-28	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1701ER)
2020-02-28	House	Enrolled
2020-02-24	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-24	Senate	Read third time
2020-02-21	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
2020-02-20	Senate	Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N)
2020-02-10	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2020-02-10	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-07	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
2020-02-07	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
2020-02-06	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1701H1
2020-02-06	House	Committee substitute agreed to 20107091D-H1
2020-02-06	House	Read second time
2020-02-05	House	Read first time
2020-02-04	House	Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
2020-02-04	House	Committee substitute printed 20107091D-H1
2020-01-29	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N)
2020-01-22	House	Assigned HWI sub: Health Professions
2020-01-17	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2020-01-17	House	Presented and ordered printed 20105444D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
54	1	2901	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1701
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1701+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1701H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1701ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0368+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H1202V0021+HB1701
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H12V0269+HB1701
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0647+HB1701
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S04V0243+HB1701
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0846HB1701+HB1701
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0863HB1701+HB1701