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2005 SESSION

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SB 861 Tuberculosis; establishing library of isolates from persons with disease.

Introduced by: Janet D. Howell | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Reporting of tuberculosis strains with antimicrobial drug susceptibilities.  Removes the option of submitting to the local health director a report of antimicrobial drug susceptibilities performed by a laboratory certified to perform such testing in lieu of submitting a representative and viable sample of initial cultures positive for tubercle bacilli to the Virginia Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services. The bill requires that the Virginia Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services establish a library of isolates from persons with active tuberculosis disease for the purpose of disease strain analysis as indicated by epidemiological investigations.

FULL TEXT

• 01/10/05  Senate: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 057127744  pdf | impact statement

HISTORY

• 01/10/05  Senate: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 057127744
• 01/10/05  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 01/27/05  Senate: Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N)
• 01/28/05  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 01/28/05  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
• 01/28/05  Senate: Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to
• 01/28/05  Senate: Rereferred to Finance
• 02/02/05  Senate: Reported from Finance (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/03/05  Senate: Read second time and engrossed
• 02/04/05  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/04/05  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/04/05  Senate: Communicated to House
• 02/08/05  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/08/05  House: Read first time
• 02/08/05  House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
• 02/15/05  House: Assigned to App. sub-committee: Health & Human Resources
• 02/15/05  House: Reported from H. W. I. (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/05  House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
• 02/16/05  House: Tabled in Appropriations (23-Y 1-N)