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2011 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Education and Health
Subcommittee Health Care

Northam, Whipple, Edwards, Martin, Newman

Clerk: Patty Lung, Jocelyn Lance
Staff: J.Eades, N.Cheuk
Date of Meeting: February 15, 2011
Time and Place: Tuesday, 1/2 hr. after Senate adjourns, 4E Conf. Rm, GAB

H.B. 1626 Onsite sewage systems; voluntary upgrades.

Patron: Knight

Onsite sewage systems; voluntary upgrades.  Allows the owner of an onsite or alternative discharging sewage system that is not failing to obtain a construction permit to improve the system, in accordance with regulations of the Board of Health, provided such upgrade is for the purposes of reducing threats to the public health, or to ground and surface waters, including the reduction of nitrogen discharges. The bill contains an emergency clause.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 32.1-164.1:1 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 32.1-164.1:3, relating to permits for voluntarily upgrading onsite sewage systems.

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EMERGENCY

H.B. 1790 Discharge from a training center; consent of legal authorized responsible person required.

Patron: Tata

Discharge from a training center; consent of parent, guardian, or responsible person required.  Provides that a consumer in a training center shall only be discharged upon consent of the consumer or, if the consumer lacks capacity to consent, upon the consent of his legally authorized representative, and following disclosure of information regarding the actual availability and accessibility of services sufficient to meet the needs of the consumer in the community. The provisions of this bill shall not become effective unless reenacted by the 2012 Session of the General Assembly. 

A BILL to amend and reenact § 37.2-837 of the Code of Virginia, relating to discharge from a training center.

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H.B. 1836 Infants; blood sample provided to parents.

Patron: O'Bannon

Hospitals; DNA sampling of infants  Requires every hospital providing maternity care to offer to obtain a sample of blood from an infant born at the hospital and provide that sample to the mother of the infant.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 32.1-134.02, relating to hospitals; blood samples of infants.

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H.B. 2013 Community services boards; Commissioner to establish workgroup to develop a drug formulary for use.

Patron: Pogge

Community services boards; drug formulary.  Requires the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to establish and maintain a committee composed of representatives of the Department of Medical Assistance Services, state facilities operated by the Department, community services boards, and at least one health insurance plan, and at least one consumer to develop a drug formulary for use at all community services boards, state facilities operated by the Department, and providers licensed by the Department, and provides that the Department shall do so no later than July 1, 2011.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 37.2-304 of the Code of Virginia, relating to development of a drug formulary for use in community services boards.

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H.B. 2292 Health records; electronic access.

Patron: Sickles

Health records; electronic access.   Provides that health records, disclosure of which have been authorized by a patient or as otherwise allowed by state law, shall be made available electronically but only to the extent and in the manner authorized by federal law, except that a health care entity shall not be obligated to provide records in the electronic format requested if (i) the electronic format is not reasonably available without additional cost to the health care entity, (ii) the records would be subject to modification in the format requested, or (iii) the health care entity determines that the integrity of the records could be compromised in the electronic format requested.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 32.1-127.1:03 of the Code of Virginia, relating to electronic access to health records.

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H.B. 2315 Breach of medical information; adds private entities are required to provide notice.

Patron: Byron

Notification of breach of medical information.  Adds private entities to the list of those entities that are required to provide notice of a database breach involving medical information. Current law applies to state and local governmental entities only. Any entity, public or private, that is required to provide similar notice pursuant to federal law would be exempt from the state requirement.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 32.1-127.1:05 of the Code of Virginia, relating to notification of breach of medical information.

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H.B. 2515 Health records; disclosure requirements.

Patron: BaCote

Health records; disclosure requirements.  Clarifies that a health care entity is required to share, at the request of the subject of the records, health records with other health care entities, in the format requested by the individual in the manner authorized by the federal law unless (i) the electronic format is not reasonably available without additional cost to the health care entity, (ii) the records would be subject to modification in the format required, or (iii) the health care entity determines that the integrity of the records could be compromised in the electronic format requested.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 32.1-127.1:03 of the Code of Virginia, relating to sharing of health records.

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