Nurse practitioners; expert witness testimony, added to definition of health care provider. (HB1476)
Introduced By
Del. Jay Leftwich (R-Chesapeake) with support from co-patron Del. Matt Fariss (R-Rustburg)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Nurse practitioners. Allows a nurse practitioner to testify as an expert witness in a court of law on certain matters within the scope of his activities and adds nurse practitioner to the definition of "health care provider" under the medical malpractice statutes. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Passed
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/02/2015 | Committee |
| 01/02/2015 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15102197D |
| 01/02/2015 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 01/13/2015 | Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law |
| 01/14/2015 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) |
| 01/15/2015 | Impact statement from VDH (HB1476) |
| 01/28/2015 | Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/30/2015 | Read first time |
| 02/02/2015 | Read second time and engrossed |
| 02/03/2015 | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) |
| 02/03/2015 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/04/2015 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 02/04/2015 | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
| 02/12/2015 | Rereferred from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/12/2015 | Rereferred to Courts of Justice |
| 02/16/2015 | Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/17/2015 | Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/18/2015 | Read third time |
| 02/18/2015 | Reading of amendment waived |
| 02/18/2015 | Amendment by Senator Chafin agreed to |
| 02/18/2015 | Engrossed by Senate as amended |
| 02/18/2015 | Passed Senate with amendment (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/19/2015 | Placed on Calendar |
| 02/20/2015 | Senate amendment agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N) |
| 02/20/2015 | VOTE: ADOPTION (95-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/25/2015 | Enrolled |
| 02/25/2015 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1476ER) |
| 02/25/2015 | Impact statement from VDH (HB1476ER) |
| 02/25/2015 | Signed by Speaker |
| 02/26/2015 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Monday, March 30, 2015 |
| 02/26/2015 | Signed by President |
| 02/26/2015 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/26/15 |
| 02/26/2015 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015 |
| 03/17/2015 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 295 (effective 7/1/15) |
| 03/17/2015 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0295) |
Video
This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 2 clips in all, totaling 2 minutes.