Commending the Honorable H. Jan Roltsch-Anoll.
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Commending Virginia Polytechnic Institute andState University.
Celebrating the life of the Honorable HarryRussell Potts, Jr.
Celebrating the life of the Honorable JohnHowson Rust, Jr.
Commending Rita Carter Forrester.
Certificate of public need; nursing homes; charity care. Exempts nursing homes from the requirement that applicants for a certificate of public need agree to provide a specified level of charity care to indigent persons or accept patients requiring specialized care, facilitate the development and operation of primary and specialty medical care services in designated medically underserved areas of the applicant's service area, or both.
Commending Weldon Edwards.
Freestanding emergency departments. Requiresthe Board of Health to promulgate regulations related to freestandingemergency departments, defined in the bill as facilities locatedin the Commonwealth that (i) provide emergency services, (ii) areowned and operated by a licensed hospital and operate under the hospital'slicense, and (iii) are located on separate premises from the primary campus of the hospital. The bill also requires freestanding emergencydepartments to make certain disclosures to patients, in advertisements,and on any online platforms associated with such emergency department.
Commending Chief Justice Donald W. Lemons.
Celebrating the life of the Honorable FrankDuVal Hargrove, Sr.