Virginia House Joint Resolution 51 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 9-2-1)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-02-14 - House: Left in Rules
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Study; options for accepting military training and experience as satisfying requirements for licensure, certification, or registration as a health care provider; report. Requests the Department of Health Professions to study options for accepting military training and experience as satisfying requirements for licensure, certification, or registration as a health care provider. In conducting its study, the Department of Health Professions shall review existing state laws governing licensure, certification, and registration of health care providers, compare these requirements to similar Military Occupational Specialties in health care, and develop recommendations for statutory and regulatory changes to allow the Department of Health Professions to accept evidence of military training and experience as satisfying educational and experiential requirements for licensure, certification, or registration as a health care provider in cases in which such training and experience is not currently accepted as satisfying the educational and experiential requirement for licensure, certification, or registration. The Department of Health Professions shall also develop recommendations related to options for increasing awareness among veterans and citizens of the Commonwealth for submitting evidence of military training and experience to satisfy educational and experiential requirements for licensure or certification to practice the arts.

Health care provider; option for accepting military training, etc., as requirements for licensure.

Del. Richard Anderson [R]	Del. Richard Bell [R]	Del. Robert Brink [D]	Del. Mark Cole [R]
Sen. John Cosgrove [R]	Del. Sal Iaquinto [R]	Del. Riley Ingram [R]	Del. Mark Keam [D]
Del. Harry Purkey [R]	Del. Lacey Putney [I]	Del. Christopher Stolle [R]	Del. Ron Villanueva [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-02-14		House: Left in Rules
2012-01-26		House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2012-01-20		House: Assigned Rules sub: Studies
2012-01-10		House: Referred to Committee on Rules
2012-01-10		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12101611D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+sum+HJ51
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+HJ51+hil