Virginia Senate Bill 903 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 9 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-09 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0942)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Hospitals; emergency treatment for substance use-related emergencies; services. Requires the Board of Health to amend regulations governing hospitals to require each hospital with an emergency department to establish a protocol for treatment of individuals experiencing a substance use-related emergency to include the completion of appropriate assessments or screenings to identify medical interventions necessary for the treatment of the individual in the emergency department. The protocol may also include a process for patients that are discharged directly from the emergency department for the recommendation of follow-up care following discharge for any identified substance use disorder, depression, or mental health disorder, as appropriate, which may include instructions for distribution of naloxone, referrals to peer recovery specialists and community-based providers of behavioral health services, or referrals for pharmacotherapy for treatment of drug or alcohol dependence or mental health diagnoses.

Hospitals; screening emergency department patients, etc.

Sen. Jill Vogel [R]

2020-02-28 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-25 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 1-N) (Y: 21 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-25 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 1-N) (Y: 20 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-18 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) (Y: 7 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-28 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-24 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-23 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-09		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0942)
2020-04-09		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 942 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-12		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-12	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
2020-03-07	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-06	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-05	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB903ER)
2020-03-05	Senate	Enrolled
2020-02-28	House	VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N)
2020-02-28	House	Passed House (99-Y 0-N)
2020-02-28	House	Read third time
2020-02-27	House	Read second time
2020-02-25	House	Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 1-N)
2020-02-18	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
2020-02-13	House	Assigned HWI sub: Health
2020-02-13	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2020-02-13	House	Read first time
2020-02-13	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-01-28	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2020-01-27	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB903S1
2020-01-27	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 20106163D-S1
2020-01-27	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2020-01-27	Senate	Read second time
2020-01-24	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2020-01-23	Senate	Committee substitute printed 20106163D-S1
2020-01-23	Senate	Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
2020-01-17	Senate	Assigned Education sub: Health
2020-01-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2020-01-08	Senate	Presented and ordered printed 20100720D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
32	1	127	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB903
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB903+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB903S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB903ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0942+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S04V0052+SB0903
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0149SB0903+SB0903
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0195SB0903+SB0903
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H1201V0052+SB0903
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H12V0386+SB0903
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H12V0433+SB0903
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1609+SB0903