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2005 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Education and Health
Subcommittee Health Care

Bolling, Saslaw, Martin, Newman, Whipple

Clerk: Jocelyn Lance
Staff: Norma Szakal,Brenda Edwards
Date of Meeting: January 18, 2005
Time and Place: 8:30 a.m. -- 3rd Fl. West Conference Room

S.B. 716

Patron: Edwards

Physician assistants practicing in hospital emergency departments. Provides that the hospital emergency department shall have no control of or supervisory responsibility for any assistant who is not employed by the emergency physician or his professional business entity. The bill also stipulates that a physician assistant, who is not so employed, may practice in an emergency department as authorized by the assistant's supervising physician, whether or not the supervising physician is physically present in the facility. In such cases, the supervising physician retains exclusive responsibility for the assistant, and must be available at all times for consultation with both the assistant and the emergency department physician. The assistant is required to communicate the proposed disposition plan for any patient under his care to both his supervising physician and the emergency department physician prior to the patient's discharge from the emergency department.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 54.1-2952 of the Code of Virginia, relating to practice by physician assistants in hospital emergency departments.

051803728

S.B. 742

Patron: Miller

Medical assistance; employer information.  Requires the Department of Medical Assistance Services to require any applicant for health care benefits under public health programs, including the state plan for medical assistance services, the State/Local Hospitalization Plan, and the Family Access to Medical Insurance Security Plan, to identify the employer of the proposed beneficiary of the health care benefit and to report employers who employ 25 or more public health program beneficiaries to the Governor and General Assembly. The report shall include each employer's name, location, the total number of its employees and dependents who are enrolled in each health care program, and the total cost to the Commonwealth of providing health care benefits for the employees and enrolled dependents of each named employer.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 32.1-323.2, relating to medical assistance; employer information.

050689768

S.B. 744

Patron: Miller

Health; working conditions of certified nurse aides. Directs the nonprofit organization, established by the Department of Medical Assistance Services to provide on-site training, assistance, and other services to promote the quality of care in nursing facilities, to address the working conditions, salary and benefits, and available career pathways for certified nurse aids with emphasis on recruitment and retention. Further, the nonprofit organization must explore possible funding streams for state-certified nurse aide programs, including but not limited to, voluntary tax options.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 32.1-353.4 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certified nurse aides.

051214768