Charity health care services; liability protection for administrators. (SB981)

Introduced By

Sen. Bill Stanley (R-Moneta)

Progress

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

Description

Charity health care services; liability protection for administrators. Provides that persons who administer, organize, arrange, or promote the rendering of services to patients of certain clinics shall not be liable for any civil damages for any act or omission resulting from the rendering of such services unless the act or omission was the result of such persons' or the clinic's gross negligence or willful misconduct. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/03/2017Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101302D
01/03/2017Referred to Committee on Education and Health
01/12/2017Reported from Education and Health (12-Y 1-N) (see vote tally)
01/13/2017Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/16/2017Read second time and engrossed
01/17/2017Passed by for the day
01/18/2017Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/18/2017Reading of amendment waived
01/18/2017Amendment by Senator Stanley agreed to
01/18/2017Engrossed by Senate as amended SB981E
01/18/2017Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/18/2017Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/18/2017Printed as engrossed 17101302D-E
01/30/2017Placed on Calendar
01/30/2017Read first time
01/30/2017Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
02/08/2017Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/10/2017Read second time
02/13/2017Read third time
02/13/2017Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
02/13/2017VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/14/2017Enrolled
02/14/2017Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB981ER)
02/14/2017Signed by Speaker
02/15/2017Signed by President
02/15/2017Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/15/17
02/15/2017G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 22, 2017
02/20/2017G Approved by Governor-Chapter 57 (effective 7/1/17)
02/20/2017G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0057)

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 3 clips in all, totaling 12 minutes.

Transcript

This is a transcript of the video clips in which this bill is discussed.



Sen. Steve Newman (R-Forest): ALSO THAT IT HAS RECEIVED STATE AND NATIONAL ATTENTION AS BEING A HIGH QUALITY PROGRAM. TO THE CREDIT OF THE CLERK AND THE MANY PEOPLE WHO WORK BEHIND THE SCENES IT IS A PROGRAM THAT OFTEN CHANGES YOUNG PEOPLE'S LIVES. I HAVE TWO CHILDREN THAT WENT THROUGH THE PROGRAM AND IT WAS EXTRAORDINARY FOR THEM. ONE QUICK NOTE IS THAT WHEN THEY SENT MY TWO CHILDREN HOME, WE WENT OUT TO EAT WITH THEM. EACH ONE OF THEM THE SAME, AND THEY BOTH SAID THAT THEY WANTED WATER INSTEAD OF TEA AND WE SAID WHAT CHANGED, SOMETHING DOWN IN THE SENATE. WELL, WE FOUND OUT THAT FOR TEA YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. WELL, THAT IS TRUE. [LAUGHTER]


Sen. Bill Carrico (R-Grayson): DECEMBER OF 2015 WAS THE OFFICE MANAGER. THEN THERE IS REVEREND KEITH GUNTER WHO IS PASTOR RAY'S BROTHER-IN-LAW. HE'S THE SENIOR PASTOR OF CONNECTION POINT CHURCH IN ATLANTA, METRO GEORGIA. HE SERVED AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE BISHOP HERE IN VIRGINIA FOR THE CHURCH OF GOD OF VIRGINIA FROM '94 TO '98 AND HE CONSIDERED HIS APPOINTMENT TO THE COMMONWEALTH THE GREATEST HIGHLIGHT OF HIS CAREER. HIS WIFE BRENDA GUNTER, WHO IS A MINISTER'S WIFE OF 47 YEARS, PRESENTLY EMPLOYED BY CONNECTION POINT CHURCH IN ATLANTA, METRO GEORGIA, AND IS THE SISTER OF PASTOR RAY DAWSON. IT'S AN HONOR TO HAVE THESE PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME AS FAR AS SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA TO GET HERE, BUT THEY HAVE MADE THE TRIP TO BE HERE WITH THEIR, THEIR BROTHER, THEIR HUSBAND, AND THEIR FAMILY TO SEE A PART OF THIS HISTORICAL DAY. THANK YOU.

[Unknown]: THANK YOU, SENATOR. WOULD REVEREND DAWSON AND YOUR PAM AND YOUR GUESTS PLEASE RISE. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR VISITING US. I KNOW A LOT OF YOU HAVE COME TO VIRGINIA AND WELCOME TO THE BEST STATE IN THE BEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, SO WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE AND THANK YOU, REVEREND, FOR A GREAT MESSAGE, GETTING US OFF TO A GREAT START AND WE WISH YOU SAFE TRAVELS BACK TO GALAX. I ASK THE MEMBERS OF THE SENATE TO PLEASE JOIN ME IN OFFERING THE REVEREND THE WARM WELCOME OF THE SENATE. [ APPLAUSE ] THE SENATOR FROM ALEXANDRIA, SENATOR EBBIN.

Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-Alexandria): THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I RISE FOR TWO INTRODUCTIONS.

[Unknown]: SENATOR HAS THE FLOOR.

Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-Alexandria): FIRST, I WOULD ASK TO RECOGNIZE DOUG BUNCH, ORIGINALLY OF WAYNESBORO, WHO'S AMONG THE NEWEST ON THE BOARD OF VISITORS OF WILLIAM & MARY, AND HE'S ALSO THE YOUNGEST MEMBER OF THE WILLIAM & MARY BOARD OF I'D ASK THAT YOU -- VISITORS.

[Unknown]: I'M SORRY, I MISSED THE NAME. DOUG BUNCH. IS DOUG IN THE AUDIENCE? WOULD YOU PLEASE RISE. LEFT RIGHT. I HAD MY DIRECTIONS -- DOUG, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND I'VE ENJOYED GETTING TO KNOW YOU AND THANKS FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR WILLIAM & MARY, HOME OF THE TRIBE. MY SON, OUR SON GRADUATED IN '10 AND WHAT A WONDERFUL UNIVERSITY YOU HAVE. SO THANKS FOR WHAT YOU DO AND APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TODAY. I WOULD ASK THE MEMBERS OF THE SENATE TO PLEASE JOIN ME IN OFFERING DOUG THE WARM WELCOME OF THE SENATE. [ APPLAUSE ] THE SENATOR FROM ALEXANDRIA. THANK YOU, SIR. THE SECOND INTRODUCTION IS OF ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS LOBBYING TODAY FOR THE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTERS OF VIRGINIA AND ON BEHALF OF CERTAIN BARKER, SENATOR SASLAW AND MYSELF, I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU EXTEND A WELCOME TO SUSAN BRITAIN, THE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR ALEXANDRIA'S CHILDREN. THEY WILL BE CELEBRATING THEIR TENTH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR AND THEY HAVE DONE WORK FOR THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN IN ALEXANDRIA AND I BELIEVE SENATOR FAVOLA HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE ON THEIR ADVISORY BOARD AS WELL. THANK YOU, SENATOR. WOULD SUSAN AND ANY OTHER MEMBERS FROM THE CENTER FOR ALEXANDRIA'S CHILDREN PLEASE RISE. WELCOME, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND THANKS FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK YOU'RE DOING FOR OUR CHILDREN. I'D ASK THE MEMBERS OF THE SENATE TO PLEASE JOIN ME IN OFFERING SUSAN THE WARM WELCOME [ APPLAUSE ] OF THE SENATE. SERGEANT-AT-ARMS. A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE HOUSE. PLEASE RECEIVE HIM.

Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): THE GENTLEMAN FROM COLONIAL HEIGHTS, MR. COX.

[Unknown]: WELCOME, DELEGATE COX. [ INAUDIBLE COMMENTS ] THANK YOU, DELEGATE. THE DESK WILL RECEIVE IT. THE SENATOR FROM HENRICO, SENATOR DUNNAVANT. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I RISE FOR THE PURPOSES OF AN INTRODUCTION. SENATOR HAS THE FLOOR. I HOPE THAT YOU WILL WELCOME TODAY SOMEBODY THAT WE DISCOVERED A FEW WEEKS AGO AND SPENT THE LAST WEEK IN MY OFFICE WORKING. KYLE DOBRY IS A SENIOR AT LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY MAJORING IN POLITICAL SCIENCE WITH MINORS IN HISTORY AND HOMELAND SECURITY. ALTHOUGH KYLE'S INTERNSHIP WAS REQUIRED BY HIS MAJOR, WE QUICKLY REALIZED AS WE ALL KNOW HOW POOR THERE ARE, THAT HE WOULD TRULY BE AN ASSET TO OUR TEAM. A NATIVE OF BERRYVILLE, VIRGINIA, HE HOPES TO CONTINUE HIS WORK IN THE POLITICAL REALM BY WORKING IN GOVERNMENT RELATIONS OR FOR A LUCKY ONE OF YOU MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. IT'S MY PLEASURE TODAY TO INTRODUCE HIM AND GIVE HIM A WARM SENATE WELCOME AS HE BIDS FAREWELL TO HEAD BACK TO FARMVILLE AND COMPLETE HIS SENIOR YEAR. THANK YOU, SENATOR. WILL KYLE DOBRY PLEASE RISE. WELCOME, WHAT A GREAT UNIVERSITY YOU ATTEND. YOU ALL HAD A LOT OF ATTENTION IN 2016 WITH THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, SO WE ALWAYS ENJOY COMING UP AND VISITING YOU AND THANKS FOR BEING HERE TO HELP THE GOOD SENATOR FROM HENRICO. I'D ASK THE MEMBERS OF THE SENATE TO PLEASE JOIN ME IN OFFERING KYLE DOBRY THE WARM WELCOME OF THE SENATE. [ APPLAUSE ] THE SENATOR FROM FAUQUIER, SENATOR VOGEL. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I RISE FOR PURPOSES OF AN INTRODUCTION. SENATOR HAS THE FLOOR. SOME OF THESE INTRODUCTIONS THIS MORNING HAVE BEEN A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW, I SHOULD SAY. I'M HONORED TO DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION IN THE GALLERY TO CONNOR MARLEY, AN INTERN IN OUR HE IS INCREDIBLY SMART, OFFICE. INCREDIBLY TALENTED AND A REALLY HARD WORKER AND IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO HAVE HIM. HE'S A STUDENT AT NORTHERN VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE EXTEND TO HIM THE VERY WARM WELCOME OF THE SENATE. I WILL, THANK YOU SENATOR. IS CONNOR MARLEY WITH US THIS MORNING. PLEASE RISE. THANKS FOR BEING HERE AND THANKS FOR HELPING THE GOOD SENATOR FROM FAUQUIER. I KNOW YOU'VE HAD A GREAT EXPERIENCE AND LEARNED A LOT AND WE WISH YOU THE BEST IN YOUR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. SO THANKS FOR BEING HERE AND SAFE TRAVELS. I'D ASK THE MEMBERS OF THE SENATE TO PLEASE JOIN ME IN OFFERING MR. CONNOR MARLEY THE WARM WELCOME OF THE SENATE. [ APPLAUSE ] THE SENATOR FROM HAMPTON, SENATOR LOCKE. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I RISE FOR AN INTRODUCTION. SENATOR HAS THE FLOOR. MR. PRESIDENT, TODAY IN THE SENATE CHAMBER, WE'RE PLEASED TO HAVE LEADERSHIP AND MEMBERS FROM ALL ACROSS VIRGINIA FROM THE VIRGINIA STATE CONFERENCE OF THE NAACP. LED BY LINDA THOMAS AS PRESIDENT OF THE VIRGINIA STATE CONFERENCE, NAACP. THERE'S 95 BRANCHES, OVER 15,000 STATEWIDE MEMBERS AND MANY, MANY MEMBER CHURCH CONGREGATIONS ARE COMMITTED TO EQUALITY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL VIRGINIANS. AS THE OWEST AND MOST EFFECTIVE CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION, BOTH IN THE COUNTRY AND HERE IN VIRGINIA, THE NAACP CONTINUES TO FIGHT FOR FREEDOM UNTIL ALL PEOPLE HAVE REALIZED THE EQUAL HANDS OF JUSTICE, FAIRNESS, AND TRUE EQUALITY. PLEASE JOIN ME IN GIVING THE STATE CONFERENCE OF THE NAACP A WARM SENATE WELCOME. I WILL, THANK YOU, SENATOR. WOULD MEMBERS FROM THE VIRGINIA STATE CONFERENCE NAACP PLEASE RISE. YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT GROUP THIS THANK YOU, ALL, SO MUCH FOR AFTERNOON. BEING HERE IN MR. JEFFERSON'S CAPITAL. AS YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY WAS MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY AND SENATOR McCLELLAN GAVE A GREAT OVERVIEW OF HIS GREAT WORK. WE THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR ADVOCATING IN THE PRINCIPLES AND VALUES WE ALL BELIEVE STRONGLY IN. HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL STAY IN OUR CAPITOL TODAY AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU SOON. I WOULD ASK THE MEMBERS OF THE SENATE TO PLEASE JOIN ME IN OFFERING MEMBERS OF THE NAACP THE WARM WELCOME OF THE SENATE. [ APPLAUSE ] THE SENATOR FROM MECKLENBERG, SENATOR RUFF.

Sen. Frank Ruff (R-Clarksville): THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I RISE FOR AN INTRODUCTION.

[Unknown]: SENATOR HAS THE FLOOR.

Sen. Frank Ruff (R-Clarksville): TODAY IS VITA DAY ON THE HILL. WE HAVE MANY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOLKS FROM THE ASSOCIATION HERE AT THE CAPITOL. JOINING US IN THE GALLERY ARE AT LEAST THE FOLLOWING. PLEASE WELCOME MET LEONARD, KELLY TUCKER, LINDA GREEN AND I'M SURE THERE ARE OTHERS EITHER THERE OR IN THE COMMITTEE ROOMS. PLEASE GIVE THEM A WARM WELCOME.

[Unknown]: I WILL. THANK YOU, SENATOR. WOULD MEMBERS FROM VEDA PLEASE RISE. THANKS FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND THANKS FOR ALL YOUR ADVOCACY AS WELL. I'D ASK THE MEMBERS OF THE SENATE TO JOIN ME IN OFFERING MEMBERS FROM THE VEDA THE WARM WELCOME OF THE SENATE. [ APPLAUSE ] THE SENATOR FROM JAMES CITY COUNTY, SENATOR NORMENT.

Sen. Tommy Norment (R-Williamsburg): THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I RISE FOR AN INTRODUCTION.

[Unknown]: SENATOR HAS THE FLOOR.

Sen. Tommy Norment (R-Williamsburg): MR. PRESIDENT, EARLIER WE RECOGNIZED AND WELCOMED TO THE SENATE OF VIRGINIA A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF VISITORS OF THE ALBA MAT TER OF THE NATION, ALSO KNOWN AS THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY, GOING BACK TO 1693. I HOPE HE HAS NOT LEFT BECAUSE, MR. PRESIDENT, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU WOULD EXTEND A VERY WARM WELCOME IN THE GALLERY TO MICHAEL LOPEZ, AND MICHAEL LOPEZ IS IN IN FACT A STUDENT AT THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY AND HE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY THIS LAST SEMESTER TO BE IN THE CLASS OF ONE OF WILLIAM & MARY'S MOST EXTRAORDINARY PROFESSORS, AND I WOULD SAY, MR. PRESIDENT, THAT MICHAEL IS -- HAS A GREAT DEAL OF INTELLECTUAL CURIOSITY, MUCH OF IT FOIK FOCUSING IN THE AREA OF STATE AND NATIONAL POLITICS. HE'S DEMONSTRATED A GREAT ACUMEN FOR AND HE SPENT SOME TIME INTERNING IN MY OFFICE, AND HE REPRESENTS THE BRIGHTEST AND THE BEST THAT THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY OFFERS. IF YOU WOULD BE SO KIND TO EXTEND A VERY WARM WELCOME TO MICHAEL LOPEZ, PLEASE.

[Unknown]: THANK YOU, SENATOR. IS MICHAEL LOPEZ WITH US THIS MORNING? MICHAEL, WELCOME AND WE CAN TALK LATER ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCES WITH YOUR VARIOUS CLASSES AT THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY. SO I'M SURE YOU LEARNED A LOT AND I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TODAY. AS I SAID, OUR SON GRADUATED FROM THERE. WHAT A WONDERFUL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY IT IS AT WILLIAM AND NARE AND WE'RE BLESSED IN VIRGINIA TO HAVE GREAT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE WITH US TODAY. I'D ASK THE MEMBERS OF THE
UNANIMOUSLY, ASKS FOR REPORTS OF CRITICAL INCIDENTS AND FOR INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN OR THOSE OPERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES. I HOPE IT BE THE PLEASURE OF THE

Del. John O'Bannon (R-Richmond): THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED, NO. AMENDMENTS ARE AGREED TO.

[Unknown]: CONTINUING WITH THE BLOCK. PAGE FOUR, SENATE BILL 920 A BILL TO AMEND AND REENACT SECTION OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA