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SB 1253 Joint Commission on Health Care.

Introduced by: Stephen H. Martin | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Joint Commission on Health Care. Adds the responsibilities of the Joint Commission on Behavioral Health Care, which will sunset on July 1, 2003, to the Joint Commission on Health Care. To ensure continuity, the bill increases the membership of the Joint Commission on Health Care by 2, adding 1 member of the House of Delegates and 1 member of the Senate who were previous members of the Joint Commission on Behavioral Health Care. The bill also provides for a special task force of the Commission to consider issues related to behavioral health care. Provisions relating to the membership, payment of the compensation and expenses, meetings, chairmanship, and reporting requirements have been modified to incorporate standardize language for legislative commissions as recommended in the legislative guidelines adopted by the Joint Rules Committee.


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