Public health emergency; Comm. of Health to authorize administration, etc., of necessary drugs, etc. (HB939)
Introduced By
Del. Roxann Robinson (R-Chesterfield)
Progress
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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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Description
Commissioner of Health; administration and dispensing of necessary drugs, devices, and vaccines during public health emergency; emergency. Allows the Commissioner of Health to authorize persons who are not authorized by law to administer or dispense drugs or devices to do so in accordance with protocols established by the Commissioner when the Board of Health has made an emergency order for the purpose of suppressing nuisances dangerous to the public health and communicable, contagious, and infectious diseases and other dangers to the public life and health for the limited purpose of administering vaccines as an approved countermeasure for such communicable, contagious, and infectious diseases. Current law limits the Commissioner's ability to make such authorizations to circumstances when the Governor has declared a disaster or a state of emergency or the federal Secretary of Health and Human Services has issued a declaration of an actual or potential bioterrorism incident or other actual or potential public health emergency. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to SB 647. Read the Bill »
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Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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01/12/2022 | Committee |
01/12/2022 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103968D |
01/12/2022 | Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions |
01/18/2022 | Impact statement from DPB (HB939) |
01/27/2022 | House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered |
02/01/2022 | Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/01/2022 | Committee substitute printed 22105743D-H1 |
02/03/2022 | Read first time |
02/04/2022 | Read second time |
02/04/2022 | Committee substitute agreed to 22105743D-H1 |
02/04/2022 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB939H1 |
02/04/2022 | Impact statement from DPB (HB939H1) |
02/04/2022 | Emergency clause added |
02/07/2022 | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) |
02/07/2022 | VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/08/2022 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
02/08/2022 | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
02/24/2022 | Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/25/2022 | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/28/2022 | Read third time |
02/28/2022 | Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
03/03/2022 | Enrolled |
03/03/2022 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB939ER) |
03/03/2022 | Signed by Speaker |
03/04/2022 | Impact statement from DPB (HB939ER) |
03/04/2022 | Signed by President |
03/11/2022 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022 |
03/11/2022 | G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022 |
04/11/2022 | Governor's recommendation received by House |
04/27/2022 | Placed on Calendar |
04/27/2022 | House concurred in Governor's recommendation BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) |
04/27/2022 | VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
04/27/2022 | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
04/27/2022 | G Governor's recommendation adopted |
04/27/2022 | Reenrolled |
04/27/2022 | Reenrolled bill text (HB939ER2) |
04/27/2022 | Signed by Speaker as reenrolled |
04/27/2022 | Signed by President as reenrolled |
04/27/2022 | Enacted, Chapter 774 (effective 4/27/22) |
04/27/2022 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0774) |