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2015 SESSION
SB 713 Patient-Centered Medical Home Advisory Council; established.
Introduced by: William M. Stanley, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Patient-Centered Medical Home Advisory Council. Establishes the Patient-Centered Medical Home Advisory Council (Council) as an advisory council in the executive branch. The bill requires the Council to advise and make recommendations to the Department of Medical Assistance Services on reforms to the Commonwealth's program of medical assistance that would increase the quality of care while containing costs through a patient-centered medical home system. The bill defines a patient-centered medical home as a team approach to providing health care that (i) originates in a primary care setting; (ii) fosters a partnership among the patient, the personal provider and other health care professionals, and, where appropriate, the patient's family; (iii) utilizes the partnership to access all medical and nonmedical health-related services needed by the patient to achieve maximum health potential; and (iv) maintains a centralized, comprehensive record of all health-related services to promote continuity of care.
FULL TEXT
- 12/04/14 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15100720D pdf | impact statement
- 01/27/15 Senate: Printed as engrossed 15100720D-E pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 12/04/14 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15100720D
- 12/04/14 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/22/15 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (8-Y 7-N)
- 01/23/15 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/15 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/23/15 Senate: Reconsideration of Passed by for the day agreed to (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/15 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/26/15 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/27/15 Senate: Read second time
- 01/27/15 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 01/27/15 Senate: Amendments by Senator Stanley agreed to
- 01/27/15 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB713E
- 01/27/15 Senate: Printed as engrossed 15100720D-E
- 01/28/15 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N)
- 01/30/15 House: Placed on Calendar
- 01/30/15 House: Read first time
- 01/30/15 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 02/10/15 House: Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3
- 02/12/15 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
- 02/24/15 House: Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions