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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: February 3, 2015
Time and Place: 45 Min. After Adjournment - 3rd Fl. East Conf. Room

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.