Offender medical & mental health information & records; exchange of information to facility, etc.
Summary
Exchange of offender medical and mental health information and records. Provides that a health care provider who has been notified that a person to whom he has provided services within the last two years is committed to a local or regional correctional facility shall, upon request by the local or regional correctional facility, disclose to the local or regional correctional facility where the person is committed any information necessary to ensure the continuity of care of the person committed. The bill also provides protection from civil liability for such health care provider, absent bad faith or malicious intent. This bill incorporates SB 748 and is identical to HB 1328.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Mar 2020
Senate Passage
Jan 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2020
Signed into Law
Apr 2020
Introduced Jan 7, 2020
Signed Apr 7, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Jan 29, 2020 · House of Delegates Mar 4, 2020
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Jan 29, 2020
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
40
Key actions
12
Committee
13
Apr 7, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 837 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Mar 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
lower
Mar 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB656H1
lower
Mar 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20108229D-H1
lower
Feb 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 26, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
lower
Feb 23, 2020
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
lower
Feb 19, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Feb 19, 2020
Lower · Passed
Motion to refer to committee agreed to
lower
Feb 14, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Public Safety with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 3, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
lower
Jan 29, 2020
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 28, 2020
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB656S1
upper
Jan 28, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20106615D-S1
upper
Jan 24, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 7, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
upper
Jan 7, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103294D
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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