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1997 SESSION
HB 2477 Study; medical care facilities certificates of public need.
Introduced by: Kenneth R. Melvin | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
Annual certificate of public need report required. Requires the Commissioner of Health to report annually to the Governor and the General Assembly on the status of Virginia's certificate of public need program (COPN). The report must include, but need not be limited to, (i) a summary of actions taken; (ii) a five-year schedule for analysis of the appropriateness of all project categories, with at least three project categories to be analyzed per year; (iii) an analysis of the appropriateness of at least three project categories; (iv) an analysis of health care market reform in the Commonwealth and the extent, if any, to which such reform obviates the need for COPN; (v) an analysis of the accessibility by the indigent to care provided by regulated medical care facilities and the relevance of COPN to such access; and (vi) an analysis of the relevance of COPN to quality of care in regulated medical care facilities.
FULL TEXT
- 01/20/97 House: Presented & ordered printed 973262828 pdf
- 01/31/97 House: Printed as engrossed 973262828-E pdf
- 02/13/97 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2477ER) pdf
- 03/19/97 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0462) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/20/97 House: Presented & ordered printed 973262828
- 01/20/97 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/21/97 House: Assigned to H. W. I. sub-committee: 2
- 01/29/97 House: Reported from H. W. I. w/amendment (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/97 House: Read first time
- 01/31/97 House: Read second time
- 01/31/97 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 01/31/97 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 01/31/97 House: Printed as engrossed 973262828-E
- 02/01/97 House: Read third time and passed House (Block Vote) (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/97 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/97 House: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 02/01/97 House: Passed House (Block Vote) (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/97 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/97 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/03/97 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 4-N)
- 02/03/97 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/06/97 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/97 Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/97 Senate: VOTE: CONST. READING DISPENSED (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/97 Senate: Read third time
- 02/10/97 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/97 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/97 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2477ER)
- 02/19/97 House: Enrolled
- 02/19/97 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/21/97 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/16/97 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 462 (effective 7/1/97)
- 03/19/97 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0462)