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2015 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Education and Health
Subcommittee Health

Newman (Chairman), Black, McWaters, Barker, Lewis

Clerk: Patty Lung
Staff: Thomas Stevens, Ryan Brimmer
Date of Meeting: January 27, 2015
Time and Place: 45 Min. after adjournment - 3rd Fl. East Conf. Room

S.B. 750

Patrons: Black, Barker

Hospitals; required notice to patients. Requires hospitals to provide oral and written notice to any patient that has been placed in observation or outpatient status that he has been placed in such status if (i) the patient receives onsite services from the hospital and (ii) such onsite services include a hospital bed and meals that are provided in an area of the hospital other than the emergency department.

S.B. 835

Patron: Edwards

Newborn screening; Krabbe disease. Requires the screening tests conducted on every infant born in the Commonwealth to include a screening test for Krabbe disease and other lysosomal storage disorders.

S.B. 851

Patron: Favola

Hospital discharge procedures; designation of individual to receive information and instructions. Requires hospitals to provide patients with the opportunity to designate an individual to receive information about the patient's discharge plan, together with information and instruction about any follow-up care, treatment, or services that the individual may require, and requires hospitals to provide a discharge plan and information regarding follow-up care, treatment, and services to the designated individual prior to the patient's discharge or transfer to another facility.

S.B. 857

Patron: Ebbin

Hospitals; required notice to patients. Requires hospitals to provide oral and written notice to any patient that has been placed in observation or outpatient status that he has been placed in such status if (i) the patient receives onsite services from the hospital and (ii) such onsite services include a hospital bed and meals that are provided in an area of the hospital other than the emergency department.

S.B. 1036

Patron: Hanger

DMAS; waiver eligibility criteria; dependents of active duty military. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to amend eligibility criteria for the Intellectual Disability waiver and the Individual and Family Developmental Disabilities Support waiver to allow the dependent of an active duty military member to maintain his position on the waiting list following a transfer of the active duty military member to an assignment outside of the Commonwealth, so long as the active duty military member maintains the Commonwealth as his legal residence to which he intends to return following completion of military service. In cases in which the dependent becomes eligible for services through the Intellectual Disability waiver or Individual and Family Developmental Disabilities Support waiver prior to returning to the Commonwealth, the individual shall remain on the waiting list for services and shall be eligible for the next waiver slot to become available upon his return to the Commonwealth.

S.B. 1083

Patron: Vogel

Immunizations; meningococcal vaccine. Adds certain doses of the meningococcal vaccine to the minimum immunization requirements set forth in the State Board of Health Regulations for the Immunization of School Children.

S.B. 1088

Patron: Vogel

Hospitals; admission of patients. Requires hospitals to ask each patient prior to admission whether he is a veteran.

S.B. 1093

Patron: Vogel

Movable Soccer Goal Safety Act created. Requires the Board of Health to promulgate regulations, consistent with the Guidelines for Movable Soccer Goal Safety published by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, establishing safety standards for anchoring, securing, and counter-weighting movable soccer goals. The bill also prohibits the sale of movable soccer goals that are not tip-resistant beginning July 1, 2016.

S.B. 1143

Patron: Garrett

Establishment of quarantine zones by the Governor. Authorizes the Governor to establish quarantine zones at points of entry into the Commonwealth, including airports, seaports, and marine terminals, for the purpose of quarantining individuals who have arrived from foreign countries in which a communicable disease of public health threat, which includes the Ebola virus, has caused the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to issue a Level 3 Travel Health Notice. The bill also authorizes the Governor to direct the State Health Commissioner to declare the quarantine of such individuals. The bill contains an emergency clause.

EMERGENCY

S.B. 1197

Patron: Norment

Hospitals; policies when stillbirth occurs. Requires the State Board of Health to adopt regulations that require any hospital that provides obstetrical services to establish policies to follow when a stillbirth occurs. The policies include certain procedures to follow when informing the mother, certain information to provide to the mother and family, and other procedures recognizing the sensitivity of the situation.

S.B. 1260

Patron: Deeds

Regulations governing restaurants; posting of information about food allergies. Directs the State Board of Health to adopt regulations requiring restaurants to display information related to food allergy awareness and the risk of allergic reactions. The bill requires the State Board of Health to convene a task force to study and make recommendations on issues related to food allergy awareness and associated training mandates for restaurants.

S.B. 1446

Patron: Miller

Training centers; discharge plans. Prohibits a community services board or training center staff from preparing or discussing a new discharge plan for an individual for at least nine months after an initial discharge plan is complete.