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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: February 7, 2013
Time and Place: 45 Minutes after Adjournment - 3rd Floor East

H.B. 1444

Patron: O'Bannon

Administration of medications by employees or contract service providers of providers licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services. Provides that employees of or persons providing services pursuant to a contract with a provider licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services may administer insulin, glucagon, and epinephrine pursuant to a written order issued by a prescriber in certain circumstances. The bill provides protection from liability for certain acts related to such administration and requires the Board of Nursing to promulgate regulations governing training in the administration of epinephrine and glucagon by persons authorized to administer epinephrine and glucagon.

H.B. 1856

Patron: Orrock

Emergency medical services; procedures and practice. Requires the Board of Health to direct the State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board to develop and facilitate implementation of (i) a process for informing an emergency medical services provider who has received an adverse decision relating to his authority to provide emergency medical care on behalf of an agency of the process for appealing that decision and (ii) a standard operating procedure template to be used in the development of local protocols for emergency medical services personnel for basic life support services. The bill also requires the Board, in cooperation with the State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board, to review training for emergency medical services personnel and address disparities in the delivery of training to and availability of training for emergency medical services personnel. The Board shall report on its progress no later than December 1, 2013.

H.B. 1975

Patron: Toscano

Certificate of public need; continuing care retirement communities; admissions to nursing home beds. Adds persons who are employees or members of the board of trustees or board of directors of a continuing care retirement community, family members of employees or members of the board of trustees or board of directors of a continuing care retirement community, and accredited practitioners of the religious organization or denomination with which a continuing care retirement community is affiliated to the list of individuals who may be admitted to nursing home beds of a continuing care retirement community after expiration of the initial one-time, three-year open admission period.

H.B. 2031

Patron: Peace

Audiology and speech-language pathology. Provides that the Board of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology may issue a provisional license to an applicant for licensure in speech-language pathology who has met the education and examination requirements for licensure, to allow the applicant to obtain clinical experience under the supervision of a licensed speech-language pathologist as specified in the Board's regulations. The bill eliminates language providing that the Director of the Department of Health Professions shall serve as the secretary-treasurer of the Board.

H.B. 2177

Patron: Carr

Board of Counseling; qualification of members. Reduces the number of professional counselors on the Board of Counseling from eight to six, increases the number of marriage and family therapists from two to three and requires that such members be clinical fellows of the American Academy for Marriage and Family Therapy, increases the number of licensed substance abuse treatment practitioners from two to three, and requires at least two professional members representing each specialty to have been in active practice for at least four years. The bill eliminates the requirement that the professional members of the Board include two full-time faculty and two individuals engaged in private practice. The bill also removes certain conditions of initial appointment for professional members.

H.B. 2181

Patron: Hodges

Medical equipment suppliers; delivery of sterile water and saline. Adds sterile water and saline to the list of prescription drugs and devices that a permitted medical equipment supplier may receive, store, and distribute to a consumer.