COVID-19; facilitates vaccine administration. (SB1445)
Introduced By
Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant (R-Henrico) with support from 57 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:
Those copatrons are Del. Dawn Adams (D-Richmond), Del. Terry Austin (R-Buchanan), Del. John Avoli (R-Staunton), Del. Amanda Batten (R-Toano), Del. Mark Cole (R-Fredericksburg), Del. Glenn Davis (R-Virginia Beach), Del. James Edmunds (R-South Boston), Del. Buddy Fowler (R-Ashland), Del. Keith Hodges (R-Urbanna), Del. Terry Kilgore (R-Gate City), Del. Martha Mugler (D-Hampton, Del. Shelly Simonds (D-Newport News), Del. Wendell Walker (R-Lynchburg), Del. Vivian Watts (D-Annandale), Del. Bill Wiley (R-Winchester), Del. Tony Wilt (R-Harrisonburg), Del. Tommy Wright (R-Victoria), Del. Scott Wyatt (R-Mechanicsville), Sen. George Barker (D-Alexandria), Sen. John Bell (D-Chantilly), Sen. Jennifer Boysko (D-Herndon), Sen. Amanda Chase (R-Midlothian), Sen. John Cosgrove (R-Chesapeake), Sen. Creigh Deeds (D-Charlottesville), Sen. Bill DeSteph (R-Virginia Beach), Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-Alexandria), Sen. John Edwards (D-Roanoke), Sen. Barbara Favola (D-Arlington), Sen. Emmett Hanger (R-Mount Solon), Sen. Ghazala Hashmi (D-Midlothian), Sen. Janet Howell (D-Reston), Sen. Jen Kiggans (R-Virginia Beach), Sen. Lynwood Lewis (D-Accomac), Sen. Mamie Locke (D-Hampton), Sen. Louise Lucas (D-Portsmouth), Sen. Dave Marsden (D-Burke), Sen. Monty Mason (D-Williamsburg), Sen. Jennifer McClellan (D-Richmond), Sen. Ryan McDougle (R-Mechanicsville), Sen. John McGuire (R-Glen Allen), Sen. Jeremy McPike (D-Dale City), Sen. Joe Morrissey (D-Richmond), Sen. Steve Newman (R-Forest), Sen. Tommy Norment (R-Williamsburg), Sen. Mark Obenshain (R-Harrisonburg), Sen. Mark Peake (R-Lynchburg), Sen. Chap Petersen (D-Fairfax), Sen. Todd E. Pillion (R-Abingdon), Sen. Bryce Reeves (R-Spotsylvania), Sen. Frank Ruff (R-Clarksville), Sen. Dick Saslaw (D-Springfield), Sen. Lionell Spruill (D-Chesapeake), Sen. Bill Stanley (R-Moneta), Sen. Richard Stuart (R-Westmoreland), Sen. David Suetterlein (R-Salem), Sen. Scott Surovell (D-Mount Vernon), Sen. Jill Holtzman Vogel (R-Winchester)
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
Facilitate the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine; emergency. Facilitates the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine. The bill requires the Department of Health (the Department) to establish a program to enable eligible health care providers to volunteer to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to residents of the Commonwealth during a state of emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic declared by the Governor. The bill defines "eligible health care provider" and provides that the program shall include (i) a process by which an eligible health care provider may register to participate in the program and (ii) the training requirements for participating eligible health care providers related to the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine, including training on the intramuscular injection of the COVID-19 vaccine and contraindications and side effects of the COVID-19 vaccine. The bill specifies requirements that the Department shall ensure that each site at which COVID-19 vaccinations are administered by eligible health care providers satisfies. The bill also requires the Department to establish a process by which entities, including medical care facilities, hospitals, hospital systems, corporations, businesses, pharmacies, public and private institutions of higher education, localities, and any other professional or community entity operating in the Commonwealth, may volunteer their facilities as sites at which the COVID-19 vaccine may be administered to residents of the Commonwealth. The bill permits a public institution of higher education or a private institution of higher education in the Commonwealth to volunteer to provide assistance to the Department and local health departments for data processing, analytics, and program development related to the COVID-19 vaccine through the use of its employees, students, technology, and facilities. The bill also permits localities with fire departments, emergency medical services departments, and volunteer rescue squads to establish and staff vaccine administration clinics. The bill provides civil and criminal immunity to individuals and professional entities acting pursuant to the bill and contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to HB 2333. Read the Bill »
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Status
02/01/2021: Passed the House
History
Date | Action |
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01/19/2021 | Presented and ordered printed with emergency clause 21103261D |
01/19/2021 | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
01/21/2021 | Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered |
01/21/2021 | Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/21/2021 | Committee substitute printed 21103452D-S1 |
01/22/2021 | Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/22/2021 | Read second time |
01/22/2021 | Reading of substitute waived |
01/22/2021 | Committee substitute agreed to 21103452D-S1 |
01/22/2021 | Reading of amendment waived |
01/22/2021 | Amendment by Senator Mason agreed to |
01/22/2021 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB1445ES1 |
01/22/2021 | Printed as engrossed 21103452D-ES1 |
01/22/2021 | Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N 1-A) (see vote tally) |
01/22/2021 | Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/28/2021 | Placed on Calendar |
01/28/2021 | Read first time |
01/28/2021 | Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions |
01/28/2021 | House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered |
01/28/2021 | Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/28/2021 | Committee substitute printed 21103925D-H1 |
01/29/2021 | Read second time |
02/01/2021 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1445H1) |
02/01/2021 | Passed by temporarily |
02/01/2021 | Read third time |
02/01/2021 | Committee substitute agreed to 21103925D-H1 |
02/01/2021 | Amendment by Delegate Sickles agreed to |
02/01/2021 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment SB1445H1 |
02/01/2021 | Passed House with substitute with amendment (94-Y 0-N) |
02/01/2021 | VOTE: Passage (94-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/04/2021 | House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/04/2021 | Title replaced 21103925D-H1 |
02/08/2021 | Enrolled |
02/08/2021 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1445ER) |