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Senate Committee on Education and Health
Subcommittee Health Licensing

Quayle (Chairman), Lucas, Martin, Northam, Barker

Clerk: Jocelyn R. Lance
Staff: Jessica Eades, Brenda Edwards
Date of Meeting: February 12, 2009
Time and Place: Thursday, 1/2 hr. after Senate adj., 4 E Conference Rm, GAB

H.B. 1598 Certificate of public need; criteria for determining need and method of filing.  

Patron: Hamilton

Certificate of public need; criteria for determining need and method of filing.  Replaces existing criteria for determining need for the purposes of a Certificate of Public Need; establishes an expedited application and review process for certificates for projects involving a capital expenditure of $15 million or more that are not otherwise defined as reviewable in the definition of "project"; and establishes a Request for Applications procedure for psychiatric and substance abuse treatment beds and services.  This bill establishes a review process in cases in which no regional health planning agency is designated. This bill also provides that in cases in which a provision of the State Medical Facilities Plan that has been previously set aside by the Commissioner and final amendments to the plan have not yet taken effect, the Commissioner's decision shall be consistent with the guiding principals set forth in the plan; establishes a process for satisfying conditions on a certificate by making direct payments to an organization authorized under a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Health to receive contributions to satisfy conditions on a certificate, or to a private nonprofit foundation authorized under a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Health that funds basic insurance coverage for indigents; requires that any medical care facility that furnishes, conducts, operates, or offers any service which requires a certificate of public need to report data on utilization of certain services; and replaces the term "gamma knife surgery" with the term stereotactic radiosurgery, and clarifies that radiation therapy shall include stereotactic radiotherapy and proton accelerator therapy. This bill incorporates HB 1981 and HB 2451.

H.B. 1605 Certificate of public need; Commissioner of Health to accept & approve request to amend.

Patron: Purkey

Certificate of public need; authorization of certain amendment.  Authorizes the Commissioner of Health to accept and approve a request to amend the conditions of a certificate of need issued for an increase in beds in which nursing facility or extended care services are provided to allow such facility to continue to admit persons, other than residents of the cooperative units, to its nursing facility beds through June 30, 2012 when such facility (i) is operated by an association described in § 55-458; (ii) was created in connection with a real estate cooperative; (iii) offers its residents a level of nursing services consistent with the definition of continuing care in Chapter 49 (§ 38.2-4900 et seq.) of Title 38.2; and (iv) was issued a certificate of need prior to October 3, 1995.

H.B. 2163 Midwifery; regulations governing practice thereof.

Patron: Lohr

Regulation of the practice of midwifery.  Provides that regulations governing the practice of midwifery shall require midwives to disclose to their patients information on health risks associated with home deliveries including but not limited to special risks associated with vaginal birth after a prior C-section, breach births, births by women experiencing high-risk pregnancies, and births of twins or multiples.