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2020 SESSION
HB 471 Health professionals; unprofessional conduct, reporting.
Introduced by: Chris Collins-Retired 6/28/20 | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Health professionals; unprofessional conduct; reporting. Requires the chief executive officer and the chief of staff of every hospital or other health care institution in the Commonwealth, the director of every licensed home health or hospice organization, the director of every accredited home health organization exempt from licensure, the administrator of every licensed assisted living facility, and the administrator of every provider licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services in the Commonwealth to report to the Department of Health Professions any information of which he may become aware in his professional capacity that indicates a reasonable belief that a health care provider is in need of treatment or has been admitted as a patient for treatment of substance abuse or psychiatric illness that may render the health professional a danger to himself, the public, or his patients, or that he determines, following review and any necessary investigation or consultation with the appropriate internal boards or committees authorized to impose disciplinary action on a health professional, indicates that there is a reasonable probability that such health professional may have engaged in unethical, fraudulent, or unprofessional conduct. Current law requires information to be reported if the information indicates, after reasonable investigation and consultation with the appropriate internal boards or committees authorized to impose disciplinary action on a health professional, a reasonable probability that such health professional may have engaged in unethical, fraudulent, or unprofessional conduct. This bill is identical to SB 540.
FULL TEXT
- 01/03/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102540D pdf | impact statement
- 01/31/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20105917D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/19/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB471ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/02/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0045) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
HISTORY
- 01/03/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102540D
- 01/03/20 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/15/20 House: Assigned HWI sub: Health Professions
- 01/21/20 House: Referred from Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote
- 01/21/20 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/23/20 House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil
- 01/27/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20105917D-H1
- 01/31/20 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/20 House: Read first time
- 02/05/20 House: Read second time
- 02/05/20 House: Committee substitute agreed to 20105917D-H1
- 02/05/20 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB471H1
- 02/06/20 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/20 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/07/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/13/20 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/20 Senate: Read third time
- 02/17/20 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/20 House: Enrolled
- 02/19/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB471ER)
- 02/19/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/20/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/24/20 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2020
- 02/24/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 2, 2020
- 03/02/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 45 (effective 7/1/20)
- 03/02/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0045)