Mental health treatment; admission regulations, toxicology results. (HB886)
Introduced By
Del. Chris Stolle (R-Virginia Beach)
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
Admissions for mental health treatment; toxicology. Requires the Board of Health to include in regulations governing hospitals a provision that requires every hospital that provides inpatient psychiatric services to establish a protocol that requires, for every refusal to admit a patient for whom there is a question of medical stability or medical appropriateness for admission due to a situation involving results of a toxicology screening, the on-call physician in the psychiatric unit to which the patient is sought to be transferred to participate in direct verbal communication, either in person or via telephone, with a clinical toxicologist or other person who is a Certified Specialist in Poison Information employed by a poison control center that is accredited by the American Association of Poison Control Centers to review the results of the toxicology screen and determine whether a medical reason for refusing admission to the psychiatric unit related to the results of the toxicology screen exists, if requested to do so by the referring physician. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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01/09/2018 | Committee |
01/09/2018 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102884D |
01/09/2018 | Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions |
01/17/2018 | Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2 |
01/22/2018 | Impact statement from DPB (HB886) |
02/06/2018 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (10-Y 0-N) |
02/06/2018 | Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/08/2018 | Read first time |
02/09/2018 | Read second time |
02/09/2018 | Committee amendments agreed to |
02/09/2018 | Engrossed by House as amended HB886E |
02/09/2018 | Printed as engrossed 18102884D-E |
02/12/2018 | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) |
02/12/2018 | Impact statement from DPB (HB886E) |
02/12/2018 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/13/2018 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
02/13/2018 | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
02/23/2018 | Assigned Education sub: Health Professions |
03/01/2018 | Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 1-N) (see vote tally) |
03/02/2018 | Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
03/05/2018 | Read third time |
03/05/2018 | Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
03/07/2018 | Enrolled |
03/07/2018 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB886ER) |
03/07/2018 | Impact statement from DPB (HB886ER) |
03/07/2018 | Signed by Speaker |
03/09/2018 | Signed by President |
03/15/2018 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2018 |
03/15/2018 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018 |
04/06/2018 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 791 (effective 7/1/18) |
04/06/2018 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0791) |