Newborns; critical congenital heart defect screening, duty of Board. (SB183)

Introduced By

Sen. Jeff McWaters (R-Virginia Beach)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Critical congenital heart defect screening of newborns. Requires the Board of Health to include in its regulations governing hospitals a requirement that every hospital implement a protocol for testing newborn infants for critical congenital heart defects, including performing pulse oximetry screening for newborn infants and providing appropriate follow-up and treatment for infants diagnosed with a critical congenital heart defect. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/02/2014Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14101154D
01/02/2014Referred to Committee on Education and Health
01/08/2014Assigned Education sub: Health Care
01/13/2014Impact statement from VDH (SB183)
01/16/2014Committee substitute printed 14103939D-S1
01/16/2014Reported from Education and Health with substitute (11-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/17/2014Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
01/20/2014Read second time
01/20/2014Reading of substitute waived
01/20/2014Committee substitute agreed to 14103939D-S1
01/20/2014Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB183S1
01/21/2014Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
01/22/2014Impact statement from VDH (SB183S1)
01/23/2014Impact statement from VDH (SB183S1)
01/24/2014Placed on Calendar
01/24/2014Read first time
01/24/2014Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
02/13/2014Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (19-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/14/2014Read second time
02/17/2014Read third time
02/17/2014Committee amendments agreed to
02/17/2014Engrossed by House as amended
02/17/2014Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
02/17/2014VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/19/2014House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
02/21/2014Enrolled
02/21/2014Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB183ER)
02/21/2014Impact statement from VDH (SB183ER)
02/21/2014Signed by Speaker
02/23/2014Signed by President
03/05/2014G Approved by Governor-Chapter 175 (effective 7/1/14)
03/05/2014G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0175)

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 40 seconds.

Duplicate Bills

The following bills are identical to this one: HB387.