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SB 1561 Emergency Department Care Coordination Program; established.
Introduced by: Siobhan S. Dunnavant | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Emergency Department Care Coordination Program established. Establishes the Emergency Department Care Coordination Program in the Department of Health to provide a single, statewide technology solution that connects all hospital emergency departments in the Commonwealth to facilitate real-time communication and collaboration between physicians, other health care providers, and other clinical and care management personnel for patients receiving services in hospital emergency departments, for the purpose of improving the quality of patient care services. The bill does not become effective unless and until the Commonwealth receives federal Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act funds to implement its provisions. This bill is identical to HB 2209.
FULL TEXT
- 01/20/17 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17103799D pdf | impact statement
- 02/02/17 Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105126D-S1 pdf
- 02/06/17 Senate: Printed as engrossed 17105126D-ES1 pdf
- 02/13/17 House: Committee substitute printed 17105421D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/22/17 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1561ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/13/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0475) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/20/17 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17103799D
- 01/20/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/30/17 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
- 02/02/17 Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105126D-S1
- 02/02/17 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/17 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 02/02/17 Senate: Reported from Finance with amendment (16-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/06/17 Senate: Read second time
- 02/06/17 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/06/17 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 17105126D-S1
- 02/06/17 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/06/17 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/06/17 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB1561ES1
- 02/06/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/17 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/17 Senate: Printed as engrossed 17105126D-ES1
- 02/08/17 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/08/17 House: Read first time
- 02/08/17 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/08/17 House: Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
- 02/13/17 House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/17 House: Committee substitute printed 17105421D-H1
- 02/14/17 House: Read second time
- 02/15/17 House: Read third time
- 02/15/17 House: Committee substitute agreed to 17105421D-H1
- 02/15/17 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1561H1
- 02/15/17 House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/17 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/17 Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 02/17/17 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/17 Senate: Title replaced 17105421D-H1
- 02/22/17 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/22/17 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1561ER)
- 02/22/17 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/22/17 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/23/17 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/23/17
- 02/23/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- 03/13/17 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 475 (effective - see bill)
- 03/13/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0475)