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2023 SESSION
SB 1275 Midwifery; administration of medication.
Introduced by: Siobhan S. Dunnavant | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Midwifery; administration of medication. Allows licensed midwives to obtain, possess, and administer drugs and devices within the scope of their practice. The bill requires the Board of Medicine to develop and publish best practice and standards of care guidance for all such drugs. The bill limits the liability of entities that provide or dispense drugs or devices to a licensed midwife and that rely in good faith upon the license information provided by the licensed midwife. Under the bill, completing all Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health patient safety bundles advanced by the Virginia Neonatal Perinatal Collaborative is required of any licensed midwife who obtains, possesses, and administers drugs and devices within the scope of his practice. This bill is identical to HB 1511.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/23 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104091D pdf | impact statement
- 02/02/23 Senate: Committee substitute printed 23105460D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/22/23 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1275ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/26/23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0674) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/10/23 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104091D
- 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 23105460D-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 23105460D-S1
- 02/06/23 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1275S1
- 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 (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/23 House: Read second time
- 02/17/23 House: Read third time
- 02/17/23 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/23 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/23 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/22/23 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1275ER)
- 02/22/23 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/23/23 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/02/23 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
- 03/02/23 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
- 03/26/23 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 674 (effective 7/1/23)
- 03/26/23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0674)