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SENATE BILL NO. 301 Offered January 8, 2020 Prefiled January 5, 2020 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 32.1-111.4:9, relating to medically underserved areas; emergency medical services; medical care facilities. ---------- Patron-- Stanley ---------- Referred to Committee on Education and Health ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 32.1-111.4:9 as follows:

§ 32.1-111.4:9. Medically underserved areas; emergency medical services; medical care facilities.

A. Emergency medical services vehicles may transport patients to 24-hour urgent care medical facilities or other appropriate medical facilities when deemed appropriate by emergency medical services personnel or a physician.

B. The Board shall develop regulations for when emergency medical services agencies in medically underserved areas as defined by the Board may transport patients to 24-hour urgent care facilities or appropriate medical care facilities other than hospitals. The regulations shall include provisions for what constitutes a medically underserved area, cases appropriate for transferring a patient to a medical facility other than a hospital, and other information deemed relevant by the Board.