SB 120 Virginia Senate · 2020 Regular Session

Health care providers, certain; program to address career fatigue and wellness, civil immunity.

Summary
Programs to address career fatigue and wellness in certain health care providers; civil immunity. Expands civil immunity for health care professionals serving as members of or consultants to entities that function primarily to review, evaluate, or make recommendations related to health care services to include health care professionals serving as members of or consultants to entities that function primarily to address issues related to career fatigue and wellness in health care professionals licensed to practice medicine or osteopathic medicine or licensed as a physician assistant. The bill also clarifies that, absent evidence indicating a reasonable probability that a health care professional who is a participant in a professional program to address issues related to career fatigue or wellness is not competent to continue in practice or is a danger to himself, his patients, or the public, participation in such a professional program does not trigger the requirement that the health care professional be reported to the Department of Health Professions. The bill contains an emergency clause.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Jan 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Apr 2020
Introduced Dec 16, 2019 Signed Apr 10, 2020
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
29
Key actions
7
Committee
8
Amendments
3
Apr 10, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 1093 (effective 4/10/20)
executive
Feb 25, 2020
Introduced
House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 21, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed House with amendments (95-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 21, 2020
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended
lower
Feb 21, 2020
Lower · Passed
Amendment by Delegate Hope agreed to
lower
Feb 21, 2020
Lower · Passed
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Feb 18, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 14, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
lower
Feb 14, 2020
Committee
Referred from Courts of Justice
lower
Feb 3, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 28, 2020
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 23, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 16, 2020
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
upper
Dec 16, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Dec 16, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/08/20 20104348D
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

Sponsors