Bill Text: VA SB867 | 2017 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Lien against person whose negligence causes injury; emergency medical services agency.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-03-16 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0603) [SB867 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2017-SB867-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §8.01-66.2 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§8.01-66.2. Lien against person whose negligence causes injury.
Whenever any person sustains personal injuries caused by the
alleged negligence of another and receives treatment in any hospital, public or
private, or nursing home, or receives medical attention or treatment from any
physician, or receives nursing service or care from any registered nurse, or
receives physical therapy treatment from any registered physical therapist in
this Commonwealth, or receives medicine from a pharmacy, or receives any
emergency medical services and transportation provided by an emergency medical
services vehicle, such hospital, nursing home, physician, nurse, physical
therapist, pharmacy or emergency medical services and transportation
provided by an emergency medical services vehicle provider or agency
shall each have a lien for the amount of a just and reasonable charge for the
service rendered, but not exceeding $2,500 in the case of a hospital or nursing
home, $750 for each physician, nurse, physical therapist, or pharmacy, and $200
for each emergency medical services provider or agency providing
emergency medical services or emergency medical services vehicle transportation
on the claim of such injured person or of his personal representative
against the person, firm, or corporation whose negligence is alleged to have
caused such injuries.