VIRGINIA LAW PORTAL

• Code of Virginia
• Virginia Administrative Code
• Constitution of Virginia
• Charters
• Authorities
• Compacts
• Uncodified Acts
• RIS Users (account required)

SEARCHABLE DATABASES

• Bills & Resolutions
  session legislation
• Bill Summaries
  session summaries
• Reports to the General Assembly
  House and Senate documents
• Legislative Liaisons
  State agency contacts

ACROSS SESSIONS

• Subject Index: Since 1995
• Bills & Resolutions: Since 1994
• Summaries: Since 1994

Developed and maintained by the Division of Legislative Automated Systems.

2004 SESSION

• | print version

SB 687 Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Act; increases participating phys. & hosp. assessmt.

Introduced by: Jeannemarie Devolites Davis | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Act. Increases assessments for participating physicians and hospitals, and nonparticipating physicians on an incremental basis beginning in 2005, to maximums of $5,500, $200,000, and $300, respectively. The bill also eliminates the authority to pay attorney's fees to applicants who are not admitted into the birth injury fund program.

FULL TEXT

• 01/23/04  Senate: Presented & ordered printed 049531726  pdf
• 02/17/04  Senate: Printed as engrossed 049531726-E  pdf
• 03/03/04  House: Committee substitute printed 049590524-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/26/04  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB687ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/22/04  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0896)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House amendments
• House amendments engrossed
• Senate amendments

HISTORY

• 01/23/04  Senate: Presented & ordered printed 049531726
• 01/23/04  Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 02/16/04  Senate: Reported from C. & L. with amendments (13-Y 2-N)
• 02/17/04  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/17/04  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/17/04  Senate: Read second time
• 02/17/04  Senate: Reading of amendments waived
• 02/17/04  Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
• 02/17/04  Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB687E
• 02/17/04  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/17/04  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/17/04  Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N)
• 02/17/04  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (39-Y 1-N)
• 02/17/04  Senate: Printed as engrossed 049531726-E
• 02/17/04  Senate: Communicated to House
• 02/19/04  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/19/04  House: Read first time
• 02/19/04  House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 03/02/04  House: Reported from C. & L. with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
• 03/03/04  House: Committee substitute printed 049590524-H1
• 03/04/04  House: Read second time
• 03/05/04  House: Read third time
• 03/05/04  House: Committee substitute agreed to 049590524-H1
• 03/05/04  House: Amendments by Del. Tata agreed to
• 03/05/04  House: Engrossed by House - committee sub w/amds SB687H1
• 03/05/04  House: Passed House with sub. with amendments (98-Y 0-N)
• 03/05/04  House: VOTE: PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
• 03/09/04  Senate: House sub. w/amds. agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/09/04  Senate: VOTE: CONCUR HOUSE AMENDMENT (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/26/04  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/26/04  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/26/04  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB687ER)
• 03/29/04  House: Signed by Speaker
• 04/15/04  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 896 (effective 7/1/04)
• 04/22/04  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0896)