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SB 399 Drug overdose fatality review teams, local or regional; localities to establish.
Introduced by: Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Local or regional overdose fatality review teams. Authorizes any county or city, or any combination of counties, cities, or counties and cities, to establish a local or regional overdose fatality review team for the purpose of (i) conducting contemporaneous reviews of local overdose deaths, (ii) promoting cooperation and coordination among agencies involved in investigations of overdose deaths or in providing services to surviving family members, (iii) developing an understanding of the causes and incidence of overdose deaths in the locality, (iv) developing plans for and recommending changes within the agencies represented on the local team to prevent overdose deaths, and (v) advising the Department of Health and other relevant state agencies on changes to law, policy, or practice to prevent overdose deaths. The bill authorizes a local or regional team to review the death of any person who resides in the Commonwealth and whose death was or is suspected to be due to overdose. A violation of the confidentiality of the review process is punishable as a Class 3 misdemeanor.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/18 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101721D pdf
- 01/25/18 Senate: Committee substitute printed 18106095D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/27/18 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB399ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/30/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0600) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/09/18 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101721D
- 01/09/18 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/22/18 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health
- 01/25/18 Senate: Committee substitute printed 18106095D-S1
- 01/25/18 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (13-Y 2-N)
- 01/26/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/18 Senate: Read second time
- 01/29/18 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/29/18 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 18106095D-S1
- 01/29/18 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB399S1
- 01/30/18 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/18 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/05/18 House: Read first time
- 02/05/18 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 02/20/18 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/18 House: Read second time
- 02/23/18 House: Read third time
- 02/23/18 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/18 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/18 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/27/18 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB399ER)
- 02/27/18 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/02/18 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/05/18 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 5, 2018
- 03/05/18 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018
- 03/30/18 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 600 (effective 7/1/18)
- 03/30/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0600)