Surgeon General, State; Joint Commission on Health Care to study feasibility, etc. of establishing. (SJ316)

Introduced By

Sen. Yvonne Miller (D-Norfolk)

Description

Study; Joint Commission on Health Care to study establishing a state surgeon general; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to study the feasibility and value of establishing a State Surgeon General. In conducting its study, the Commission shall (i) review other states' surgeon general positions, including their duties, powers, and the effect they are having on public health; (ii) investigate the need for such a position in the Commonwealth; (iii) consider the possibility of combining an existing position within state government with the newly created surgeon general position; and (iv) examine all the possible benefits of such a position to the citizens of the Commonwealth. View Full Text »

Outcome

No Richmond Sunlight visitors voted on this bill while voting was open.