Virginia Senate Bill 1493 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-01-17 - Incorporated by Education and Health
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Death certificates; medical certification; electronic filing. Requires the completed medical certification portion of a death certificate to be filed electronically with the State Registrar of Vital Records through the Electronic Death Registration System and provides that failure to file a medical certification of death electronically through the Electronic Death Registration System shall constitute grounds for disciplinary action by the Board of Medicine. The bill includes a delayed effective date of January 1, 2020, and a phased-in requirement for registration with the Electronic Death Registration System and electronic filing of medical certifications of death for various categories of health care providers. The bill directs the Department of Health to work with stakeholders to educate and encourage physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners to timely register with and utilize the Electronic Death Registration System.

Death certificates; medical certification, electronic filing.

Sen. John Cosgrove [R]

2019-01-17 - Senate - Senate: Incorporated by Education and Health (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-17	Senate	Incorporated by Education and Health
2019-01-11	Senate	Assigned Education sub: Health
2019-01-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2019-01-08	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100423D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
32	1	263	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	2915	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+SB1493
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1493+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S04V0053+SB1493