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2003 SESSION
HB 2184 Certain immunity for health care providers; man-made disasters.
Introduced by: John M. O'Bannon, III | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Certain immunity for health care providers during man-made disasters under specific circumstances. Provides, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct, any health care provider who responds to a man-made disaster by delivering health care to persons injured in such man-made disaster immunity from civil liability for any injury or wrongful death arising from abandonment by such health care provider of any person to whom such health care provider owes a duty to provide health care when (i) a state or local emergency has been or is subsequently declared relating to such man-made disaster; and (ii) the provider was unable to provide the requisite health care to the person to whom he owed such duty of care as a result of the provider's voluntary or mandatory response to the relevant man-made disaster. This provision also provides, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct, any hospital or other entity credentialing health care providers to deliver health care in response to a man-made disaster immunity from civil liability for any cause of action arising out of such credentialing or granting of practice privileges if (i) a state or local emergency has been or is subsequently declared relating to such man-made disaster; and (ii) the hospital has followed procedures for such credentialing and granting of practice privileges that are consistent with the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations' standards for granting emergency practice privileges. This bill notes that "health care provider" means those professions defined in the medical malpractice law and "man-made disaster" means the circumstances described in the emergency services and disaster law. Further, the immunity provided by the new section in this bill will be in addition to, and, not be in lieu of, any immunities provided in other state or federal law, including, but not limited to, Virginia's Good Samaritan law and emergency services and disaster law.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/03 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/08/03 036794211 pdf
- 02/21/03 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2184ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/26/03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0507) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/08/03 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/08/03 036794211
- 01/08/03 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/30/03 House: Assigned to C. J. sub-committee: 2
- 01/31/03 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/03 House: Read first time
- 02/03/03 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/04/03 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/03 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/03 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/05/03 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/05/03 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/12/03 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/03 Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/03 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/03 Senate: Read third time
- 02/17/03 Senate: Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/03 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/03 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2184ER)
- 02/22/03 House: Enrolled
- 02/22/03 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/23/03 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/16/03 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 507 (effective 7/1/03)
- 03/26/03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0507)