Air medical transportation; informed decision. (SB663)
Introduced By
Sen. Jeremy McPike (D-Dale City)
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
Air medical transportation; informed decision. Requires each hospital to establish a protocol requiring that, before a health care provider arranges for air medical transportation services for a patient who does not have an emergency medical condition, the hospital provide the patient or his authorized representative with written or electronic notice that the patient (i) may have a choice of transportation by an air medical transportation provider or medically appropriate ground transportation by an emergency medical services provider and (ii) will be responsible for charges incurred for such transportation in the event that the provider is not a contracted network provider of the patient's health insurance carrier or such charges are not otherwise covered in full or in part by the patient's health insurance plan. The provisions of such requirement become effective on March 1, 2019. The bill directs the Office of Emergency Medical Services to develop a mechanism no later than January 1, 2019, to disclose to a patient, prior to services provided by an out-of-network air transport provider, a good faith estimate of the range of typical charges for out-of-network air transport services provided in that geographic area. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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01/10/2018 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103365D |
01/10/2018 | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
01/28/2018 | Impact statement from SCC (SB663) |
01/29/2018 | Rereferred from Commerce and Labor (11-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/29/2018 | Rereferred to Education and Health |
02/02/2018 | Assigned Education sub: Health |
02/08/2018 | Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/08/2018 | Committee substitute printed 18105073D-S1 |
02/09/2018 | Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/12/2018 | Read second time |
02/12/2018 | Reading of substitute waived |
02/12/2018 | Committee substitute agreed to 18105073D-S1 |
02/12/2018 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB663S1 |
02/12/2018 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/12/2018 | Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/15/2018 | Placed on Calendar |
02/15/2018 | Read first time |
02/15/2018 | Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions |
02/20/2018 | Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/22/2018 | Read second time |
02/23/2018 | Read third time |
02/23/2018 | Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) |
02/23/2018 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/26/2018 | Impact statement from SCC (SB663S1) |
02/27/2018 | Enrolled |
02/27/2018 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB663ER) |
02/27/2018 | Signed by Speaker |
02/28/2018 | Impact statement from SCC (SB663ER) |
03/02/2018 | Signed by President |
03/05/2018 | Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 5, 2018 |
03/05/2018 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018 |
03/30/2018 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 682 (effective - see bill) |
03/30/2018 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0682) |
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 26 seconds.
Transcript
This is a transcript of the video clips in which this bill is discussed.
westmoreland, delegate ransone. senate bill 663 is identical to house bill 778 that passed the house 99-0. Senate bill 663 establishes a protocol for hospitals to provide a choice of medical transportation and also estimated charges for patients when they need to be transferred to another hospital. I hope it is the pleasure of the house that we pass the bill. >> senate bill 672, a bill to amend and reenact two sections of the code of virginia, relating to health insurance;