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SB 867 Stroke care; Department of Health shall be responsible for quality improvement initiatives.
Introduced by: Jeremy S. McPike | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Stroke care quality improvement. Provides that the Department of Health shall be responsible for stroke care quality improvement initiatives in the Commonwealth. Such initiatives shall include (i) establishing systems to collect data and information about stroke care in the Commonwealth, (ii) facilitating information and data sharing and collaboration among hospitals and health care providers to improve the quality of stroke care in the Commonwealth, (iii) requiring the application of evidence-based treatment guidelines for transitioning patients to community-based follow-up care following acute treatment for stroke, and (iv) establishing a process for continuous quality improvement for the delivery of stroke care by the statewide system for stroke response and treatment. The bill also directs the Department of Health to convene a group of stakeholders, which shall include representatives of (a) hospital systems, including at least one hospital system with at least six or more stroke centers in the Commonwealth, recommended by the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association; (b) the Virginia Stroke Systems Task Force; and (c) the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, to advise on the implementation of stroke care quality improvement initiatives. The provisions of the bill making the Department of Health responsible for stroke care quality improvement initiatives in the Commonwealth have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2019. This bill is identical to HB 1197.
FULL TEXT
- 01/17/18 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 18104425D pdf
- 02/01/18 Senate: Committee substitute printed 18106388D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/22/18 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB867ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/05/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0198) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/17/18 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 18104425D
- 01/17/18 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/26/18 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health
- 02/01/18 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/18 Senate: Committee substitute printed 18106388D-S1
- 02/01/18 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 02/06/18 Senate: Reported from Finance with amendment (16-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/18 Senate: Read second time
- 02/08/18 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/08/18 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 18106388D-S1
- 02/08/18 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/08/18 Senate: Committee amendment rejected
- 02/08/18 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB867S1
- 02/09/18 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/18 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/14/18 House: Read first time
- 02/14/18 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 02/15/18 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/18 House: Read second time
- 02/20/18 House: Read third time
- 02/20/18 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/18 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/18 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/22/18 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB867ER)
- 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 198 (effective - see bill)
- 03/05/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0198)