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signed · Virginia · House of Delegates Feb 23, 2017

HB 1777: 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 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.
Christopher P. Stolle (R) · 6 co-sponsors
signed · Virginia · House of Delegates Feb 23, 2017

HB 1795: Adoptive and foster care placements; Mutual Family Assessment home study.

Requires that home studies conducted by local boards of social services to determine the appropriateness of an adoptive or foster placement comply with the Mutual Family Assessment home study template and any addenda thereto developed by the Department of Social Services. The bill authorizes the Department to amend or update its Mutual Family Assessment home study template and any addenda thereto when necessary to improve the process of adoptive and foster placements, provided that such amendments or updates do not lessen the requirements of the home study process.
Richard P. Bell (R) · 1 co-sponsor
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