SEARCH SITE
VIRGINIA LAW PORTAL
- Code of Virginia
- Virginia Administrative Code
- Constitution of Virginia
- Charters
- Authorities
- Compacts
- Uncodified Acts
- RIS Users (account required)
SEARCHABLE DATABASES
- Bills & Resolutions
session legislation - Bill Summaries
session summaries - Reports to the General Assembly
House and Senate documents - Legislative Liaisons
State agency contacts
ACROSS SESSIONS
- Subject Index: Since 1995
- Bills & Resolutions: Since 1994
- Summaries: Since 1994
Developed and maintained by the Division of Legislative Automated Systems.
2020 SESSION
SB 540 Health professionals; unprofessional conduct, reporting.
Introduced by: Jill Holtzman Vogel | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (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 HB 471.
FULL TEXT
- 01/07/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105063D pdf | impact statement
- 02/03/20 Senate: Printed as engrossed 20105063D-E pdf | impact statement
- 02/26/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB540ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/10/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0230) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/07/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105063D
- 01/07/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/16/20 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
- 01/30/20 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/20 Senate: Read second time
- 02/03/20 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/03/20 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/03/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB540E
- 02/03/20 Senate: Printed as engrossed 20105063D-E
- 02/04/20 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/13/20 House: Read first time
- 02/13/20 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 02/18/20 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/20 House: Read second time
- 02/21/20 House: Read third time
- 02/21/20 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/20 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/20 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/26/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB540ER)
- 02/27/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/27/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/04/20 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 4, 2020
- 03/04/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 11, 2020
- 03/10/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 230 (effective 7/1/20)
- 03/10/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0230)