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2022 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Education and Health
Subcommittee Health

Lewis (Chair), Saslaw, Barker, Dunnavant, Suetterlein

Clerk: Michael Jackson,Thomas Jackson
Staff: Julia Carlton, Anna Moir
Date of Meeting: March 1, 2022
Time and Place: 4 PM / Subcommittee Room 2 / 5th Floor Pocahontas Building
Update: HB481 added to the docket

H.B. 156

Patron: Byron

Department of Health; certain communication prohibited. Prohibits any person employed by or who has entered into a contract to provide services on behalf of the Department of Health or a local department of health from initiating communication regarding health-related matters with a minor on behalf of the Department or local department of health without the consent of the minor's parent, except as otherwise required by law.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 32.1 a section numbered 32.1-4.1, relating to Department of Health; certain communication prohibited.

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H.B. 241

Patron: Adams, D.M.

State plan for medical assistance services; durable medical equipment; complex rehabilitative technology. Requires the State Board of Medical Assistance Services to include in the state plan for medical assistance services a provision for the payment of medical assistance of up to $7,500 for the initial purchase of durable medical equipment consisting of manual and power wheelchair bases and related accessories for patients who reside in nursing facilities and up to $7,500 for the replacement of durable medical equipment consisting of manual and power wheelchair bases and related accessories for patients who reside in nursing facilities when such replacement is (i) determined to be medically necessary or (ii) in accordance with regulations establishing service limits and replacement schedules for such durable medical equipment. The bill also provides that recipients of medical assistance shall not be required to pay any deductible, coinsurance, or copayment for medical assistance pursuant to this subdivision.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 32.1-325 of the Code of Virginia, relating to state plan for medical assistance services; durable medical equipment.

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H.B. 248

Patron: Davis

Health care data report; carriers. Directs the Department of Health, through its contract with the nonprofit organization described in § 32.1-276.4 of the Code of Virginia and in consultation with the Bureau of Insurance of the State Corporation Commission (the Bureau), to (i) develop and implement a methodology to review and measure the efficiency and productivity of carriers other than limited scope dental or vision plans and managed care health insurance plans, and (ii) make available to the public on a website maintained by the nonprofit organization such data and information and other reports collected or produced as a result of implementation of such methodology by July 1, 2023. The bill also requires the Bureau to convene a stakeholder work group to (i) provide input on the development of the methodology required by the act; (ii) identify additional measures to increase the transparency of information provided to the Bureau by carriers, managed care health insurance plans, and health care providers; and (iii) determine what additional information should be provided to the nonprofit organization by carriers, managed care health insurance plan providers, and health care providers to increase competition among both carriers and health care providers and assist consumers in making educated decisions regarding options for health care coverage and access. The bill requires the workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by November 1, 2022.

 A BILL to require the Department of Health, through its contract with the nonprofit organization with which it enters agreements for certain data services, to develop and implement a methodology for evaluating the efficiency and productivity of carriers and managed care health insurance plans.

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H.B. 481

Patron: Helmer

Hospitals; price transparency. Requires every hospital to make information about standard charges for items and services provided by the hospital available on the hospital's website.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 32.1-137.05 of the Code of Virginia, relating to hospitals; price transparency.

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H.B. 987

Patron: Tran

Medicaid; program information; accessibility. Directs the Board of Medical Assistance Services to require every person that  provides program information to ensure that all program information, defined in the bill, be made available in a manner that is accessible to (i) individuals with limited English proficiency through the provision of language access services, including oral interpretation and written translations, and (ii) individuals with disabilities through the provision of auxiliary aids services, when doing so is a reasonable step to providing meaningful access to health care coverage. The bill provides that language access services and auxiliary aids services shall be provided free of charge to such individuals and that information regarding how to receive the language access services and auxiliary aids services shall be included with program information documents on a website maintained by the Department of Medical Assistance Services and on the website of every agency of the Commonwealth that disseminates program information. The bill also requires every person that makes program information available to use an objective readability measure approved by the Department to test the readability of its program information documents and requires such persons to make program information documents available to the Department for review upon request. Under current law, use of a specific readability formula is required and a minimum total readability score is prescribed.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 32.1-330.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Medicaid; program information; accessibility.

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H.B. 1107

Patron: McQuinn

Hospitals; direct readmission of certain postpartum patients. Directs the Department of Health (the Department)to develop recommendations for protocols for hospitals that provide obstetrical services for (i) admission or transfer of any pregnant woman who presents herself while in labor and (ii) direct readmission to the hospital of any patient who received obstetrical services from the hospital, experiences postpartum complications requiring immediate medical care, and is referred to the hospital for direct readmission by the patient's health care provider. The bill requires the Department to make such recommendations available to every  hospital in the Commonwealth that provides obstetrical services by December 15, 2022.

A BILL to require the Department of Health to develop recommendations for protocols for hospitals that provide obstetrical services related to admission and readmission of patients.

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H.B. 1193

Patron: Hope

Department of Medical Assistance Services; coordinated specialty care; work group established. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to establish a work group, in coordination with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, to evaluate and make recommendations to improve approaches to early psychosis and mood disorder detection approaches, make program funding recommendations, recommend a core set of standardized clinical and outcome measures, and evaluate coordinated specialty care programs in the Commonwealth. The work group is required by the bill to submit a five-year strategic plan annually to the General Assembly beginning November 1, 2022.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 32.1 a section numbered 32.1-331.05, relating to Department of Medical Assistance Services; coordinated specialty care; work group established.

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H.B. 1305

Patron: Williams

Pioneer Community Hospital of Patrick County; Investigate feasibility of reopening and alternatives. Provides that the Patrick County Board of Supervisors may enter into a contract to investigate the feasibility of reopening the Pioneer Community Hospital of Patrick County, formerly known as the R.J. Reynolds Patrick County Memorial Hospital, to provide health care services, including emergency medical and rural health care services, necessary to meet the needs of residents of Patrick County and the surrounding localities and provides that any investigation undertaken pursuant to this act shall be complete by October 1, 2023.

A BILL to allow the Patrick County Board of Supervisors to enter into a contract for an investigation of the feasibility of reopening the Pioneer Community Hospital of Patrick County, in whole or in part, or establishing alternative locations in Patrick County and surrounding localities at which necessary health care services may be provided.

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H.B. 1329

Patron: Delaney

Pediatric survivors of sexual assault; Task Force on Services for Survivors of Sexual Assault. Expands from under 13 years of age to under 18 years of age the age range of the pediatric survivors of sexual assault for whom each hospital must develop a plan for providing either pediatric sexual assault survivor treatment services or transfer services to an approved pediatric health care facility. The bill also allows for transfer of a survivor of sexual assault to a clinic that provides treatment services for survivors of sexual assault that are comparable to those provided by treatment hospitals, and adds a representative of a forensic clinic to the existing Task Force on Services for Survivors of Sexual Assault.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 32.1-162.15:2, as it shall become effective, 32.1-162.15:5, and 32.1-162.15:11 of the Code of Virginia, relating to pediatric sexual assault survivors; Task Force on Services for Survivors of Sexual Assault.

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