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2012 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Education and Health
Subcommittee Health Care

Newman (Chairman), Northam, Miller, J.C., Black, Garrett

Clerk: Patty Lung, Jocelyn Lance
Staff: Jessica Eades, Ellen Porter
Date of Meeting: February 21, 2012
Time and Place: 1/2 Hour After Adjournment - 3rd Floor East

H.B. 330 Transplant Council; authorized to hire its own employees, etc.

Virginia Transplant Council.  Authorizes the Virginia Transplant Council to hire its own employees and pay them with moneys from the Virginia Donor Registry and Public Awareness Fund. The bill eliminates language designating the Board of Health as the budgetary administrator for the operation and administration of the Council and provides that the Council, rather than the Board of Health on its behalf as in current law, will administer the Fund and may apply for, accept, and expend gifts, grants, and donations on its own behalf. The Board of Health will continue to have authority to apply for, accept, and expend gifts, grants, and donations on behalf of the Council.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 32.1-297.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Virginia Transplant Council.

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H.B. 399 Congenital cyanotic heart disease, critical; VDH to implement program for screening infants.

Critical Congenital Cyanotic Heart Disease Screening Program.  Directs the Department of Health to convene a work group to develop a plan for implementing a program for screening infants born in the Commonwealth for critical congenital cyanotic heart disease.

A BILL to require the Department of Health to convene a work group to develop a plan for implementation of a program for screening infants for critical congenital cyanotic heart disease.

12104689D

H.B. 496 Discharge planning from state hospital or training center; right to return to place of residence.

Discharge from state hospital or training center; return to place of residence.  Provides that community services boards shall, as part of the discharge planning process for each individual released from a state hospital or training center, inform the consumer or his legally authorized representative that he may choose to return to the county or city in which he resided prior to admission or to any other county or city in the Commonwealth. The bill provides that the community services board serving the county or city in which the individual chooses to live is responsible for arranging transportation for the individual upon request.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 37.2-505 of the Code of Virginia, relating to release from a state hospital or training center; discharge planning.

12104355D

H.B. 1112 Human papillomavirus vaccine; eliminates requirement of vaccination for female children.

Human papillomavirus vaccination; eliminates requirement.  Eliminates the requirement for vaccination against human papillomavirus for female children.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 32.1-46 of the Code of Virginia, relating to human papillomavirus vaccination; eliminating requirement.

12104038D

H.B. 1274 Nursing facility transfer & discharge procedures; workgroup to clarify requirements and guidelines.

Requirements for transferring a nursing home resident; workgroup. Creates a workgroup for the purposes of clarifying requirements and develop guidelines applicable to nursing homes when transferring or discharging a resident.

A BILL to develop guidelines addressing nursing facility transfer and discharge procedures.

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