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SB 1211 Eastern Virginia Health Sciences Center; establishing at Old Dominion University.

Introduced by: L. Louise Lucas | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION:

Eastern Virginia Medical School; establishment of Eastern Virginia Health Sciences Center at Old Dominion University. Repeals provisions establishing and relating to Eastern Virginia Medical School and designates the schools and divisions previously existing as Eastern Virginia Medical School and such other academic units of Old Dominion University related to the health sciences as may be identified by the Old Dominion University Board of Visitors as the Eastern Virginia Health Sciences Center at Old Dominion University (the Health Sciences Center). The bill permits Old Dominion University to provide medical and health sciences education and related research through the teaching hospitals and related health care and health maintenance facilities at the Health Sciences Center and contains provisions relating to the operations of the Health Sciences Center, including provisions relating to cooperative arrangements and joint ventures. This bill is identical to HB 1840 and has a delayed effective date of the date after July 1, 2023, on which the Governor and the chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations provide written approval for Old Dominion University and Eastern Virginia Medical School to complete a merger to create the Eastern Virginia Health Sciences Center at Old Dominion University.

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Eastern Virginia Medical School; establishment of Eastern Virginia Health Sciences Center at Old Dominion University. Repeals provisions establishing and relating to Eastern Virginia Medical School and designates the schools and divisions previously existing as Eastern Virginia Medical School and such other academic units of Old Dominion University related to the health sciences as may be identified by the Old Dominion University Board of Visitors as the Eastern Virginia Health Sciences Center at Old Dominion University (the Health Sciences Center). The bill permits Old Dominion University to provide medical and health sciences education and related research through the teaching hospitals and related health care and health maintenance facilities at the Health Sciences Center and contains provisions relating to the operations of the Health Sciences Center, including provisions relating to cooperative arrangements and joint ventures. This bill is identical to HB 1840 and has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2024.

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Eastern Virginia Medical School; establishment of Eastern Virginia Health Sciences Center at Old Dominion University. Affirms that the General Assembly is committed in concept to the merger between Eastern Virginia Medical School and Old Dominion University by designating the schools and divisions previously existing as Eastern Virginia Medical School and such other academic units of Old Dominion University related to the health sciences as may be identified by the Old Dominion University Board of Visitors. The bill directs Eastern Virginia Medical School and Old Dominion University to provide to the Governor and the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Education and Health, the House Committee on Appropriations, and the House Committee on Health, Welfare, and Institutions by August 1, 2023 several deliverables enumerated in the bill relating to strategic and financial plans for funding, matrices for measuring improved health care and community outcomes in the surrounding areas resulting from the merger and for distributing positions and costs by appropriate fund sources, and a governing model that aligns all parties necessary to ensure a successful outcome. The bill provides that upon written approval of such deliverables by the Governor and the Chairmen of the relevant Committees, Old Dominion University and Eastern Virginia Medical School shall initiate the necessary next steps to move forward with the merger and establish the Eastern Virginia Health Sciences Center at Old Dominion University.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Eastern Virginia Medical School; establishment of Eastern Virginia Health Sciences Center at Old Dominion University. Repeals provisions establishing and relating to Eastern Virginia Medical School and designates the schools and divisions previously existing as Eastern Virginia Medical School and such other academic units of Old Dominion University related to the health sciences as may be identified by the Old Dominion University Board of Visitors as the Eastern Virginia Health Sciences Center at Old Dominion University (the Health Sciences Center). The bill permits Old Dominion University to provide medical and health sciences education and related research through the teaching hospitals and related health care and health maintenance facilities at the Health Sciences Center and contains provisions relating to the operations of the Health Sciences Center, including provisions relating to cooperative arrangements and joint ventures.