HB1777
Hospitals providing psychiatric services; denials of admission.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Hospitals providing psychiatric services; denials of admission.
Requires the Board of Health to promulgate regulations that require each hospital that provides inpatient psychiatric services to establish a protocol that (i) requires, for any refusal to admit a medically stable patient referred to its psychiatric unit, direct verbal communication between the on-call physician in the psychiatric unit and ... (More) the referring physician, if requested by the referring physician, and (ii) prohibits on-call physicians or other hospital staff from refusing a request for such direct verbal communication by a referring physician. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/09/2017 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102042D
- 01/09/2017 - House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/12/2017 - House: Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/13/2017 - House: Impact statement from VDH (HB1777)
- 01/17/2017 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (11-Y 0-N)
- 01/19/2017 - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/20/2017 - House: Read first time
- 01/23/2017 - House: Read second time
- 01/23/2017 - House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 01/23/2017 - House: Engrossed by House as amended HB1777E
- 01/23/2017 - House: Printed as engrossed 17102042D-E
- 01/24/2017 - House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/2017 - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/2017 - House: Impact statement from VDH (HB1777E)
- 01/25/2017 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/25/2017 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/06/2017 - Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
- 02/09/2017 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/2017 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/2017 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/13/2017 - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/2017 - House: Enrolled
- 02/15/2017 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1777ER)
- 02/15/2017 - House: Impact statement from VDH (HB1777ER)
- 02/15/2017 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/17/2017 - Senate: Signed by President
- 02/17/2017 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
- 02/17/2017 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
- 02/23/2017 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 175 (effective 7/1/17)
- 02/23/2017 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0175)
