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17104469D
HOUSE BILL NO. 1675
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
on January 19, 2017)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Bulova)
A BILL to require the Department of Health to make information about and resources on palliative care available on its website.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. That the Department of Health shall make information about and resources on palliative care available to the public, health care providers, and health care facilities on its website. Such information shall include information about the delivery of palliative care in the home and in primary, secondary, and tertiary environments; best practices for the delivery of palliative care; consumer education materials and referral information for palliative care; and continuing education opportunities for health care providers.