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SB 269 Medicare patients; patient notice of observation or outpatient status.
Introduced by: Richard H. Black | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Patient notice of observation or outpatient status. Provides that, for Medicare patients placed in observation or outpatient status, any hospital that provides a written notice and an oral explanation of such notice to the patient that satisfies the federal requirements for such notice shall be deemed to have satisfied Virginia's requirements for such notice. The bill also extends the timeframe for the provision of the notice required by current law from 24 hours to 36 hours. This bill incorporates SB 281.
FULL TEXT
- 01/05/18 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100970D pdf
- 01/11/18 Senate: Committee substitute printed 18104911D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/22/18 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB269ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/05/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0194) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/05/18 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100970D
- 01/05/18 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/11/18 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/11/18 Senate: Committee substitute printed 18104911D-S1
- 01/11/18 Senate: Incorporates SB281 (Barker)
- 01/12/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/15/18 Senate: Read second time
- 01/15/18 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/15/18 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 18104911D-S1
- 01/15/18 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB269S1
- 01/16/18 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/16/18 Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/16/18 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N)
- 01/18/18 House: Placed on Calendar
- 01/18/18 House: Read first time
- 01/18/18 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 02/15/18 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 1-N)
- 02/19/18 House: Read second time
- 02/20/18 House: Read third time
- 02/20/18 House: Passed House (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/18 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/18 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/22/18 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB269ER)
- 02/22/18 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/23/18 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/26/18 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
- 02/26/18 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
- 03/05/18 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 194 (effective 7/1/18)
- 03/05/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0194)