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2016 SESSION
SB 19 Telemedicine; pilot program.
Introduced by: William M. Stanley, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Telemedicine; pilot program. Directs the Department of Health, in partnership with a hospital licensed in the Commonwealth, to establish a three-year telemedicine pilot program designed to reduce patient use of emergency department facilities for the treatment of low-acuity conditions. The bill requires the Department to report the results of the pilot program to the State Board of Health and to the General Assembly by October 1, 2019. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.
FULL TEXT
- 12/04/15 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100390D pdf | impact statement
- 02/12/16 Senate: Printed as engrossed 16100390D-E pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 12/04/15 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100390D
- 12/04/15 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/21/16 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (12-Y 3-N)
- 01/21/16 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 02/10/16 Senate: Reported from Finance with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/16 Senate: Read second time
- 02/12/16 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/12/16 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/12/16 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB19E
- 02/12/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/16 Senate: Passed Senate (37-Y 2-N)
- 02/12/16 Senate: Printed as engrossed 16100390D-E
- 02/17/16 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/17/16 House: Read first time
- 02/17/16 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 02/17/16 House: Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1
- 02/23/16 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (11-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/16 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/25/16 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/16 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/25/16 House: Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
- 03/01/16 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
- 03/08/16 House: Left in Appropriations