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SB309

Death certificates; medical certification, electronic filing, hospice.

Status:
Enacted

Chief Patron:
John Cosgrove (R)

Session:
2018 Regular Session

Summary

As Passed House of Origin. Death certificates; medical certification; electronic filing; hospice.

Requires a licensed funeral director, funeral service licensee, or representative of the office of the state anatomical program who first assumes custody of a dead body to complete and file a certificate of death with the State Registrar of Vital Records using the Electronic Death Registration System and provides that when a death occurs under the care of a hospice provider, the medical certification shall be completed by the decedent's health care provider and filed electronically with the State Registrar of Vital Records using the Electronic Death Registration System for completion of the death certificate. This bill is identical to HB 1158. (Less)

  • Bill History

  • 01/08/2018 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/10/18 18102022D
  • 01/08/2018 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
  • 01/16/2018 - Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health
  • 01/19/2018 - Senate: Impact statement from VDH (SB309)
  • 02/01/2018 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
  • 02/01/2018 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 18106493D-S1
  • 02/02/2018 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
  • 02/05/2018 - Senate: Impact statement from VDH (SB309S1)
  • 02/05/2018 - Senate: Read second time
  • 02/05/2018 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
  • 02/05/2018 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 18106493D-S1
  • 02/05/2018 - Senate: Emergency clause deleted
  • 02/05/2018 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB309S1
  • 02/06/2018 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
  • 02/08/2018 - House: Placed on Calendar
  • 02/08/2018 - House: Read first time
  • 02/08/2018 - House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
  • 02/15/2018 - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (20-Y 0-N)
  • 02/19/2018 - House: Read second time
  • 02/20/2018 - House: Read third time
  • 02/20/2018 - House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
  • 02/20/2018 - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
  • 02/22/2018 - Senate: Enrolled
  • 02/22/2018 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB309ER)
  • 02/22/2018 - Senate: Impact statement from VDH (SB309ER)
  • 02/22/2018 - House: Signed by Speaker
  • 02/23/2018 - Senate: Signed by President
  • 02/26/2018 - Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
  • 02/26/2018 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
  • 03/05/2018 - Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
  • 03/07/2018 - Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 0-N)
  • 03/08/2018 - House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N)
  • 03/08/2018 - House: VOTE: ADOPTION (96-Y 0-N)
  • 03/08/2018 - Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
  • 03/08/2018 - Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB309ER2)
  • 03/08/2018 - House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
  • 03/08/2018 - Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
  • 03/08/2018 - House: Enacted, Chapter 208 (effective 7/1/18)
  • 03/08/2018 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0208)

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