VA HB886 | 2018 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 6 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-04-06 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0791)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 6 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-04-06 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0791)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Summary
Admissions for mental health treatment; toxicology. Requires the Board of Health to include in regulations governing hospitals a provision that requires every hospital that provides inpatient psychiatric services to establish a protocol that requires, for every refusal to admit a patient for whom there is a question of medical stability or medical appropriateness for admission due to a situation involving results of a toxicology screening, the on-call physician in the psychiatric unit to which the patient is sought to be transferred to participate in direct verbal communication, either in person or via telephone, with a clinical toxicologist or other person who is a Certified Specialist in Poison Information employed by a poison control center that is accredited by the American Association of Poison Control Centers to review the results of the toxicology screen and determine whether a medical reason for refusing admission to the psychiatric unit related to the results of the toxicology screen exists, if requested to do so by the referring physician.
Title
Mental health treatment; admission regulations, toxicology results.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2018-03-05 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-03-02 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-03-01 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 1-N) (Y: 13 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-12 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-06 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-06 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (10-Y 0-N) (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-03-02 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-03-01 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 1-N) (Y: 13 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-12 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-06 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-06 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (10-Y 0-N) (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-04-06 | Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0791) | |
| 2018-04-06 | Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 791 (effective 7/1/18) | |
| 2018-03-15 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018 | |
| 2018-03-15 | House | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2018 |
| 2018-03-09 | Senate | Signed by President |
| 2018-03-07 | House | Signed by Speaker |
| 2018-03-07 | House | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB886ER) |
| 2018-03-07 | House | Enrolled |
| 2018-03-05 | Senate | Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) |
| 2018-03-05 | Senate | Read third time |
| 2018-03-02 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) |
| 2018-03-01 | Senate | Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 1-N) |
| 2018-02-23 | Senate | Assigned Education sub: Health Professions |
| 2018-02-13 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
| 2018-02-13 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 2018-02-12 | House | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N) |
| 2018-02-12 | House | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) |
| 2018-02-09 | House | Printed as engrossed 18102884D-E |
| 2018-02-09 | House | Engrossed by House as amended HB886E |
| 2018-02-09 | House | Committee amendments agreed to |
| 2018-02-09 | House | Read second time |
| 2018-02-08 | House | Read first time |
| 2018-02-06 | House | Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (22-Y 0-N) |
| 2018-02-06 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (10-Y 0-N) |
| 2018-01-17 | House | Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2 |
| 2018-01-09 | House | Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions |
| 2018-01-09 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102884D |
