Below is a listing of bills we have identified as important to emergency medicine.
A click on the bill number takes you to the Virginia Legislative Information systems website where you will find detailed information about the bill and where it is in the legislative process.
If your legislator serves on a committee that is considering a particular piece of legislation, it will be important for you to contact them before the committee vote is expected. Look and see to which committee your legislators are assigned. VaCEP will send email alerts to emergency physicians for whom we have an email address, when your legislator is voting in committee on bills we are actively pursuing.
Bills that pass committee go on to the full House or Senate for final vote (unless they are detoured through another committee), and all emergency physicians will be emailed to contact their legislators for those final Floor votes.
VACEP position is listed in the right column and if you have any questions please email: gwenh@vacep.org
Legislation Impacting The Interests Of Emergency Physicians And The Patients They Serve:
Bills
Bills "Dead" this session |
VACEP Position
(Positions Explained)
|
HB/SB 30 – Budget
Medicaid increases for physician services |
ACTIVE SUPPORT
Talking points |
HB 51 - Marshall, R.G. - School buses; requiring safety belts. |
In favor - Passed by Indefinitely |
HB 109 - Purkey - Photo-monitoring; allows certain counties and cities to establish systems. |
In favor - Failed |
HB 253 - Cosgrove - Health insurance; refusal to accept assignments from patients or physicians prohibited. |
SUPPORT
Continued to 07 |
HB 300 - Jones, S.C. - Physician assistants; provides that they may sign various forms and certificates, etc. |
In favor
Passed House & Senate |
| HB 322 - Morgan - Health care insurance; ethics and fair business practices |
SUPPORT
Continued to 07 |
| HB 323 - Morgan - Accident and sickness insurance; health care provider panel contracts. |
Monitor
Passed House & Senate |
| HB 351 - Hamilton - Health regulatory boards; prohibition of certain transfers of moneys collected on behalf thereof. |
SUPPORT
Passed House & Senate |
HB 352 - Hamilton - Detention orders; extends maximum emergency custody period. |
ACTIVE SUPPORT
Tabled |
HB 353 - Hamilton - Mental health facility; transportation by sheriff's office of individuals to be admitted. |
Monitor
Tabled |
| HB 371 - Carrico -
person who curses or abuses a law-enforcement officer, firefighter, or emergency medical personnel is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.
|
Monitor
Left in committee |
| HB 403 - Dance - Health Insurance Risk Pool; created, report. |
Monitor
Incorporated to HB 761 |
| HB 465 - Ingram - Emergency response; notification of location of certain facilities. |
Monitor
Tabled |
| HB 514 - Armstrong -
DUI of alcohol; breath test admissible as evidence in civil and criminal cases. |
Monitor
Amended - Passed House & Senate |
| HB 594 - Lohr - Emergency medical services; allows certain vehicles to carry oxygen, required training on handling. |
OPPOSE
Substitute Passed House & Senate |
| HB 598 - Cosgrove - Emergency medical services personnel; required to report child abuse or neglect. |
SUPPORT
Continued to 07 |
| HB 610 - O'Bannon - Emergency medical services; facilitates development of quality of care initiative within system. |
SUPPORT
Passed House & Senate |
| HB 757 - Hamilton -
Medical assistance services; certain reform initiatives |
SUPPORT substitute
Passed House; Left in Senate committee |
| HB 758 - Hamilton -
Medical Assistance Services; certain waiver application required |
SUPPORT substitute
Passed House; Amended Passed Senate & House |
| HB 760 - Hamilton -
Health care data reporting; safety and quality of care. |
SUPPORT as amended
Passed House & Senate |
| HB 761 - Hamilton - Authorizes the establishment of cooperatives for the purpose of arranging group health benefit plan coverage for small employers. |
Monitor substitute
Passed House; Amended passed Senate & House |
| HB 807 - Fralin - Testimony; admissibility of opinion by experts. |
Monitor
Left in committee |
HB 899 - Gear - Temporary detention process; transportation by sheriffs. |
Monitor
Tabled |
HB 946 - Morgan - Health insurance; assignment of benefits to emergency care physicians. |
ACTIVE SUPPORT
Talking points Continued to 07 |
HB 961 - Bulova - Photo-monitoring systems to enforce traffic light signals. |
In favor
Failed |
| HB 1001 - Rust - Liability insurance policies; notices. |
In favor
Passed House & Senate |
HB 1004 - Sherwood - Office of Commonwealth Preparedness; provides for appointment of director by Governor.
|
SUPPORT substitute
Passed House & Senate |
| HB 1023 - Hurt - Health care provider; certain documents prepared considered privileged. |
Monitor substitute
Passed House & Senate |
| HB 1035 - Hamilton Medical assistance services; Inspector General for Medical Assistance Services established |
Monitor
Continued to 07 |
HB 1110 – Athey
Physician Immunity |
ACTIVE SUPPORT
Talking points
Substitute Passed House & Senate |
| HB 1111 -Athey -Physical therapy; prohibits anyone not licensed from advertising services thereas |
Not in favor
Passed by indefinitely |
HB 1112 - Athey - Physical therapy; removes referral and supervision requirements thereof.
|
Not in favor
Passed by indefinitely |
| HB 1170 - Rapp - Emergency management, local; appointment of emergency coordinators. |
In favor
Passed House & Senate |
| HB 1209 -
Moran - Makes safety belt violations primary offenses. |
SUPPORT
Left in committee |
| HB 1389 - Phillips - Practice of naturopathy; establishes licensure requirements. |
Monitor
Continued to 07 |
| HB 1400 - Janis -
Limits application of "motor cycle helmet law" to operators and passengers less than 21 years old. |
OPPOSE
Defeated in the House |
HB 1453 - Rust - Motor vehicle safety belts. Makes the requirement to wear a safety belt applicable to all motor vehicle occupants; primary offense. |
ACTIVE SUPPORT
Defeated in subcommittee |
| HB 1487 - Orrock - Healing arts, practitioners; Board of Medicine authority to issue restricted volunteer licenses. |
In favor
Passed House & Senate |
| HB 1501 - Callahan - Physicians; information to be provided by Board of Medicine to individuals filing complaints. |
In favor
substitute
Passed House & Senate |
| HB 1531 - Armstrong -
Unprofessional conduct; practice of the healing arts. The Board must deem unprofessional the inquisition into the private affairs of any patient by a practitioner of the healing arts, on topics having no relationship to the practice of the healing arts especially regarding the ownership, storage, or use of firearms. |
OPPOSE
Amended Passed House; failed in Senate committee |
| HJ 37 - Purkey - Uninsured population; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study. |
Monitor
Incorporated to HJ 158 |
| HJ 50 - Hamilton - Multi-jurisdictional pilot health court; JLARC to study feasibility of establishing within State. |
SUPPORT
Substitute Passed House; Senate committee passed by indefintely |
| HJ 104 - Morgan - Medicaid; Joint Commission on Health Care to form subcommittee to study reform thereof. |
Monitor
Left in committee |
| HJ 158 - O'Bannon - Health care coverage; JLARC to study components, development, & implementation thereof. |
Monitor
Substitute Passed House; Amended passed Senate & House |
| HJ 183 - Athey - Physicians and Hospitals, Joint Subcommittee Studying Risk Management Plans for; continued. |
SUPPORT
Passed House; Substitute passed Senate & House |
| SB 16 -
Marsh - Handheld mobile telephones; prohibits use thereof by operators of motor vehicles in motion |
Monitor
Failed |
SB 24 - Lucas - Motor medic pilot program; created in South Hampton Roads area. |
Monitor
Passed Senate; House continued to 07 |
SB 75 - Houck - School crisis, emergency management, and medical emergency response plan; required. |
In favor amended
Passed House & Senate |
| SB 135 - O'Brien - First responders; exempt from liability for rendering emergency care, etc. |
Monitor
Stricken by Patron |
| SB 144 - Deeds - Health care services; billing information. |
Monitor
Continued to 07 |
SB 160 - Norment - Health insurance; payment for services rendered by non-participating providers. |
ACTIVE SUPPORT
Continued to 07 |
SB 161 - Norment - Health insurance; assignment of benefits to emergency room physicians. |
ACTIVE SUPPORT
Talking points Continued to 07
|
| SB 200 - Houck -
Control of dangerous and vicious dogs; registry; penalty. (Same as HB340 & 1039) |
Oppose as introduced & substitute passed Senate;
Support Substitute#H2 Passed House & Senate |
| SB 214 - Edwards - Health professions; reinstatedment hearing for mandatory suspension or revocation of license. |
Monitor
Passed Senate & House |
| SB 338 - Obenshain - Privileged communications with professionals; civil proceedings. |
Monitor
Continued to 07 |
| SB 361 - Edwards - Workers' compensation; coverage for first responders during state of emergency. |
In favor
Stricken by Patron |
| SB 456 - Devolites Davis - Nurse practitioners; expands prescriptive authority. |
Monitor
Passed Senate & House |
| SB 458 - Devolites Davis - Income tax, state; tax credit for certain health care practitioners. |
Monitor
Stricken by Patron |
| SB 610 - Newman - Physicians; extends sunset provision to purchase medical malpractice insurance. |
Monitor
Amended Passed Senate; Amended passed House & Senate |
| SB 660 - McDougle - Physician liable for acting on results of unsolicited tests or reports when consulted for any condition. |
ACTIVE OPPOSE -
Defeated |
| SB 702 - Devolites Davis -
Investigations of physicians without disciplinary actions; Board of Medicine |
Monitor
Substitute Passed Senate & House |
| SJ 90 - Newman - Study; medical malpractice; report. Continues the Joint Subcommittee Studying Risk Management Plans for Physicians and Hospitals to study various aspects of medical malpractice in Virginia. |
SUPPORT
Passed Senate; Substitute passed House & Senate |