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2023 SESSION
SB 1255 Smartchart Network Program; renames Emergency Department Care Coordination Program, report.
Introduced by: Siobhan S. Dunnavant | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Smartchart Network Program. Renames the Emergency Department Care Coordination Program as the Smartchart Network Program and expands the Program to allow participation by all health care providers, insurance carriers, and other organizations with a treatment, payment, or operations relationship with a patient in the Commonwealth to facilitate real-time communication and collaboration. Under current law, participation is limited to hospital emergency departments. The bill makes several other modifications to the Program, including adding a requirement that the Program allow health care providers, health care entities, and insurance carriers to access information necessary to evaluate and monitor the care and treatment of a patient in accordance with applicable patient privacy and security requirements and adding a requirement that such entities continue to improve care coordination in hospital emergency departments in order to reduce the frequency of visits by high-volume emergency department utilizers. The bill also directs the State Health Commissioner and the Director of the Department of Health Professions to convene a work group to study and establish a plan to develop and implement a system to share information regarding a patient's prescription history and medication reconciliation. The bill requires the Commissioner and the Director to report their findings and recommendations to the Chairmen of the Joint Commission on Health Care, Senate Committee on Education and Health, and House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions by October 1, 2023. The provisions of the bill other than creation of the work group have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2024. This bill is identical to HB 2345.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/23 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103954D pdf | impact statement
- 02/02/23 Senate: Committee substitute printed 23105847D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/24/23 Senate: Conference substitute printed 23107331D-S2 pdf | impact statement
- 03/07/23 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1255ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/26/23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0629) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- House amendments adopted
- House amendments engrossed
- Conference amendments
HISTORY
- 01/10/23 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103954D
- 01/10/23 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/17/23 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
- 02/02/23 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/23 Senate: Committee substitute printed 23105847D-S1
- 02/03/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/23 Senate: Read second time
- 02/06/23 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/06/23 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 23105847D-S1
- 02/06/23 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1255S1
- 02/06/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/23 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/23 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/10/23 House: Read first time
- 02/10/23 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 02/14/23 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/23 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/15/23 House: Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/23 House: Read second time
- 02/20/23 House: Read third time
- 02/20/23 House: Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions amendments agreed to
- 02/20/23 House: Committee on Appropriations amendments agreed to
- 02/20/23 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/20/23 House: Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/23 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/23 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/22/23 Senate: House amendments rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
- 02/23/23 House: House insisted on amendments
- 02/23/23 House: House requested conference committee
- 02/23/23 Senate: Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/23 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/23/23 Senate: Senators: Dunnavant, McPike, Boysko
- 02/23/23 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/23/23 House: Delegates: Head, Wampler, Hope
- 02/24/23 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 02/24/23 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/23 Senate: Conference substitute printed 23107331D-S2
- 02/24/23 House: Conference report agreed to by House (94-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/23 House: VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/23 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/07/23 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1255ER)
- 03/08/23 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/08/23 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/13/23 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023
- 03/13/23 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
- 03/26/23 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 629 (effective - see bill)
- 03/26/23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0629)