Virginia House Bill 471 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 2 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-02 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0045)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Health professionals; unprofessional conduct; reporting. Requires the chief executive officer and the chief of staff of every hospital or other health care institution in the Commonwealth, the director of every licensed home health or hospice organization, the director of every accredited home health organization exempt from licensure, the administrator of every licensed assisted living facility, and the administrator of every provider licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services in the Commonwealth to report to the Department of Health Professions any information of which he may become aware in his professional capacity that indicates a reasonable belief that a health care provider is in need of treatment or has been admitted as a patient for treatment of substance abuse or psychiatric illness that may render the health professional a danger to himself, the public, or his patients, or that he determines, following review and any necessary investigation or consultation with the appropriate internal boards or committees authorized to impose disciplinary action on a health professional, indicates that there is a reasonable probability that such health professional may have engaged in unethical, fraudulent, or unprofessional conduct. Current law requires information to be reported if the information indicates, after reasonable investigation and consultation with the appropriate internal boards or committees authorized to impose disciplinary action on a health professional, a reasonable probability that such health professional may have engaged in unethical, fraudulent, or unprofessional conduct.

Health professionals; unprofessional conduct, reporting.

Del. Christopher Collins [R]

2020-02-17 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-14 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-06 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-31 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 0-N) (Y: 19 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-27 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-02		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0045)
2020-03-02		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 45 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-02-24		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 2, 2020
2020-02-24	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2020
2020-02-20	Senate	Signed by President
2020-02-19	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-02-19	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB471ER)
2020-02-19	House	Enrolled
2020-02-17	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-17	Senate	Read third time
2020-02-14	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-13	Senate	Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N)
2020-02-07	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2020-02-07	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-06	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
2020-02-06	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2020-02-05	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB471H1
2020-02-05	House	Committee substitute agreed to 20105917D-H1
2020-02-05	House	Read second time
2020-02-04	House	Read first time
2020-01-31	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 0-N)
2020-01-31	House	Committee substitute printed 20105917D-H1
2020-01-27	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
2020-01-23	House	Assigned Courts sub: Civil
2020-01-21	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2020-01-21	House	Referred from Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote
2020-01-15	House	Assigned HWI sub: Health Professions
2020-01-03	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2020-01-03	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102540D

SB540 (Same As) 2020-03-10 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0230)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
54	1	2400.6	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	2909	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB471
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB471+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB471H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB471ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0045+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H0802V0046+HB0471
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H08V0109+HB0471
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0512+HB0471
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S04V0210+HB0471
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0655HB0471+HB0471
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0660HB0471+HB0471