Virginia House Bill 157 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on December 21 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-02-13 - Left in Commerce and Labor
Pending: House Commerce and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Right to treat; requirement of Maintenance of Certification prohibited. Prohibits hospitals and other entities that have organized medical staff or a process for credentialing physicians as members of staff or employ or enter into contracts for employment with physicians and are required to be licensed from requiring any Maintenance of Certification or Osteopathic Continuous Certification, as defined in the bill, as a condition of granting or continuing staff membership or professional privileges to a licensed physician. The bill prohibits accident and sickness insurance plans, health services plans, and health maintenance organizations from requiring any Maintenance of Certification or Osteopathic Continuous Certification as a condition of participation or reimbursement for a physician licensed by the Board of Medicine; and prohibits the Board of Medicine from requiring any Maintenance of Certification or Osteopathic Continuous Certification as a condition of licensure to practice medicine in the Commonwealth.

Right to Treat Act; requirement of Maintenance of Certification prohibited, etc.

Del. Sam Rasoul [D]

Del. Kaye Kory [D]

2018-02-06 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (5-Y 2-N) (Y: 5 N: 2 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-13	House	Left in Commerce and Labor
2018-02-06	House	Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (5-Y 2-N)
2018-01-17	House	Assigned C & L sub: Subcommittee #2
2017-12-21	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2017-12-21	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102253D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
32	1	134.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	3407.20	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	2912.1:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB157
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB157+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H1402V0019+HB0157