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SB 1197 Hospitals; establishing policies to follow when a stillbirth occurs, reporting.

Introduced by: Thomas K. Norment, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Stillbirths; data collection; policies. Requires the Virginia Congenital Anomalies Reporting and Education System to collect data on stillbirths. The bill defines a stillbirth as an unintended, intrauterine fetal death occurring after a gestational period of 20 weeks. The bill also 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 that meet the guidelines pertaining to counseling patients and their families and other aspects of managing stillbirths as may be specified by the Board in its regulations.

FULL TEXT

• 01/13/15  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15102835D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/05/15  Senate: Committee substitute printed 15104689D-S1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/17/15  House: Committee substitute printed 15105205D-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/27/15  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1197ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/26/15  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0661)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/13/15  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15102835D
• 01/13/15  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 01/20/15  Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health
• 02/05/15  Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
• 02/05/15  Senate: Committee substitute printed 15104689D-S1
• 02/06/15  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/09/15  Senate: Read second time
• 02/09/15  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/09/15  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 15104689D-S1
• 02/09/15  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1197S1
• 02/09/15  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/09/15  Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/11/15  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/11/15  House: Read first time
• 02/11/15  House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
• 02/13/15  House: Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3
• 02/17/15  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N)
• 02/17/15  House: Committee substitute printed 15105205D-H1
• 02/17/15  House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/18/15  House: Read second time
• 02/19/15  House: Read third time
• 02/19/15  House: Committee substitute agreed to 15105205D-H1
• 02/19/15  House: Passed by for the day
• 02/20/15  House: Passed by for the day
• 02/23/15  House: Read third time
• 02/23/15  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1197H1
• 02/23/15  House: Passed House with substitute (90-Y 5-N)
• 02/23/15  House: VOTE: PASSAGE (90-Y 5-N)
• 02/24/15  Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N)
• 02/24/15  Senate: Title replaced 15105205D-H1
• 02/27/15  Senate: Enrolled
• 02/27/15  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1197ER)
• 02/27/15  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/27/15  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/04/15  Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/4/15
• 03/04/15  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015
• 03/26/15  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 661 (effective 7/1/15)
• 03/26/15  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0661)