Rapid diagnostic testing; availability to all essential workers. (SB5095)
Introduced By
Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant (R-Henrico) with support from co-patron Sen. Frank Ruff (R-Clarksville)
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
Rapid diagnostic testing; essential workers; emergency. Requires the Commissioner to ensure that priority for access to any rapid diagnostic testing indicating the existence of the COVID-19 virus that is already available in the Commonwealth go to essential workers in the Commonwealth. Priority for access to such testing shall include the following groups: (i) health care providers; (ii) law-enforcement officers; (iii) emergency medical services personnel and emergency medical services providers; (iv) firefighters; (v) employees of nursing homes and adult day care centers and assisted living facilities; (vi) public and private elementary and secondary schools in the Commonwealth; (vii) public institutions of higher education and private institutions of higher education; (viii) private providers licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; and (ix) employees at child day centers, family day homes, and early childhood care and education entities. The bill contains an emergency clause. Read the Bill »
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Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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08/18/2020 | Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 08/18/20 20200684D |
08/18/2020 | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
08/19/2020 | Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered |
08/19/2020 | Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
08/19/2020 | Committee substitute printed 20200865D-S1 |
08/20/2020 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
08/21/2020 | Impact statement from DPB (SB5095S1) |
08/26/2020 | Floor substitute printed 20200954D-S2 (Dunnavant) |
08/26/2020 | Impact statement from DPB (SB5095S2) |
08/26/2020 | Passed by for the day |
08/27/2020 | Floor substitute printed 20201046D-S3 (Dunnavant) |
08/27/2020 | Read second time |
08/27/2020 | Reading of substitute waived |
08/27/2020 | Committee substitute rejected 20200865D-S1 |
08/27/2020 | Substitute #1 by Senator Dunnavant withdrawn 20200954D-S2 |
08/27/2020 | Substitute #2 by Senator Dunnavant agreed to 20201046D-S3 |
08/27/2020 | Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB5095S3 |
08/27/2020 | Impact statement from DPB (SB5095S3) |
08/28/2020 | Read third time and passed Senate (35-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
09/17/2020 | Placed on Calendar |
09/17/2020 | Read first time |
09/17/2020 | Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions |
09/17/2020 | Tabled in Health, Welfare and Institutions (13-Y 9-N) (see vote tally) |