Bill Text: VA SB301 | 2020 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Medically underserved areas; transporting patients to 24-hour urgent care facilities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-04-09 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0930) [SB301 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2020-SB301-Chaptered.html

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CHAPTER 930 An Act to direct the Board of Health to develop regulations related to the transport of patients to 24-hour urgent care facilities by emergency medical services agencies in medically underserved areas. [S 301] Approved April 9, 2020

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. §1. That the Board of Health shall develop regulations for when emergency medical services agencies in medically underserved areas as defined by the Board may transport patients to 24-hour urgent care facilities or appropriate medical care facilities other than hospitals. The regulations shall include provisions for what constitutes a medically underserved area, cases appropriate for transferring a patient to a medical facility other than a hospital, and other information deemed relevant by the Board.