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2013 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Education and Health
Subcommittee Health Professions

McWaters (Chairman), Lucas, Northam, Carrico, Garrett

Clerk: Patty Lung, Cheryl Law
Staff: Thomas Stevens, Ryan Brimmer
Date of Meeting: January 24, 2013
Time and Place: 45 Minutes after Adjournment - 3rd Floor East
Revised to add SB1011

S.B. 750

Patron: Stanley

Nursing homes and assisted living facilities; notice of liability insurance coverage. Provides that regulations of the Board of Health and the Board of Social Services shall require nursing homes, certified nursing facilities, and assisted living facilities to maintain liability insurance coverage in a minimum amount of $1 million and professional liability coverage in an amount at least equal to the recovery limit set forth in § 8.01-581.15, to compensate patients or individuals for injuries and losses resulting from the negligent or criminal acts of the facility. The bill also provides that failure to maintain such minimum insurance shall result in revocation of the facility's license.

S.B. 858

Patron: Blevins

Surgical technologists and surgical assistants. Requires certification for surgical technologists and licensure for surgical assistants, and provides requirements for such certification and licensure. The bill creates the Advisory Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting to assist the Board of Medicine in the regulation of surgical technologists and surgical assistants.

S.B. 869

Patron: Stanley

Nursing homes; notice of liability insurance coverage. Requires nursing homes, certified nursing facilities, and assisted living facilities to inform patients and residents about liability insurance available to pay claims of the patient or resident and to report such information to the Commissioner of Health or the Commissioner of Social Services, as applicable.

S.B. 942

Patron: Reeves

Certificate of public need; amendment of charity care provisions upon expansion of the state program of medical assistance. Provides that the Commission of Health may accept and approve requests for amendments to charity care provisions of existing certificates of public need to reduce the level of charity care required and establish levels of care for persons receiving medical assistance services under the state plan, upon expansion of the Commonwealth's program for medical assistance services in accordance with the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and provides that for the purpose of complying with charity care provisions, "persons requiring specialized care" includes veterans with service-connected disabilities.

S.B. 1011

Patron: McWaters

Licensed clinical social workers; educational requirements. Establishes educational requirements for licensure as a clinical social worker.

S.B. 1288

Patron: Carrico

Criminal history checks of emergency medical services providers. Requires the State Board of Health to require persons who apply on or after July 1, 2013, to be a volunteer with or an employee of an emergency medical services agency to have an FBI based criminal background check.