Medical care; Joint Commission on Health Care to study access thereto in rural Southwest Virginia. (HJ124)

Introduced By

Del. Terry Kilgore (R-Gate City)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate

Description

Directing the Department of Health Professions to study access to medical care in rural Southwest Virginia; study. The feasibility and effectiveness of a pilot program narrowly tailored to the coalfield region whereby a mechanism would be set up to temporarily allow naturopaths to provide preventative health counseling to the adult citizens of this region in the area. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
01/13/2010Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10104061D
01/13/2010Referred to Committee on Rules
01/18/2010Assigned Rules sub: #3 Studies
01/28/2010Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (4-Y 1-N)
02/02/2010Reported from Rules with substitute (13-Y 1-N) (see vote tally)
02/02/2010Committee substitute printed 10104982D-H1
02/08/2010Taken up
02/08/2010Committee substitute agreed to 10104982D-H1
02/08/2010Engrossed by House - committee substitute HJ124H1
02/08/2010Agreed to by House (89-Y 6-N)
02/08/2010VOTE: --- ADOPTION (89-Y 6-N) (see vote tally)
02/09/2010Reading waived
02/09/2010Referred to Committee on Rules
02/19/2010Assigned Rules sub: #1
02/26/2010Continued to 2011 in Rules

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 35 seconds.

Comments

Fred Q. writes:

Good idea, BUT must ultimately create private sector jobs.