Virginia Senate Bill 211 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 4 2008 - 100% progression
Action: 2008-03-06 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0267)

Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program. Increases the annual assessment for physicians who participate in the Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program from its current level of $5,300 to $5,600, which amount will increase thereafter to a maximum of $6,200. The annual participating hospital assessment will increase from $50 per live birth to $52.50 per live birth in 2008, which amount will increase each year thereafter by $2.50 per live birth to a maximum of $55 per live birth. The size of the board of directors of the Program is increased from seven to nine. Provision is made for covered expenses to cover therapeutic, nursing and attendant care, medications and supplies, and for attendant nursing care that is provided by the claimant's relatives when beyond what is normally provided family members of uninjured children. The measure also (i) requires that only one member of the panel of physicians be from the field of obstetrics; (ii) requires the Program to pay $3,000 per claim reviewed to the medical school that performs an assessment; and (iii) clarifies the method for calculating payments for loss of earnings.

Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program; increases annual assessment for physicians.

Sen. John Edwards [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2008-03-06		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0267)
2008-03-04		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 267 (effective 7/1/08)
2008-02-26		Senate: Signed by President
2008-02-25		House: Signed by Speaker
2008-02-25		Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB211ER)
2008-02-25		Senate: Enrolled
2008-02-22		House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (94-Y 0-N)
2008-02-22		House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (94-Y 0-N)
2008-02-22		House: Read third time
2008-02-21		House: Read second time
2008-02-19		House: Reported from Commerce and Labor (22-Y 0-N)
2008-02-13		House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2008-02-13		House: Read first time
2008-02-13		House: Placed on Calendar
2008-02-12		Senate: Communicated to House
2008-02-12		Senate: Passed Senate (32-Y 8-N)
2008-02-12		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2008-02-12		Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB211S1
2008-02-12		Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 080171228-S1
2008-02-12		Senate: Reading of substitute waived
2008-02-12		Senate: Read second time
2008-02-12		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2008-02-11		Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (13-Y 0-N 2-A)
2008-02-11		Senate: Committee substitute printed 080171228-S1
2008-01-07		Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2008-01-07		Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 080037228

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?081+sum+SB211