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2020 SESSION

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SENATE BILL NO. 301
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the Senate Committee on Education and Health
on January 23, 2020)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator Stanley)
A BILL to direct the Board of Health to develop regulations related to the transport of patients to 24-hour urgent care facilities by emergency medical services agencies in medically underserved areas.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. That the Board of Health 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.