Virginia Senate Bill 315 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 5 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-01-23 - Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Hospitals; emergency departments; screening patients for depression. Requires every hospital licensed by the Department of Health that operates an emergency department to develop a protocol for (i) screening each patient who receives services in the emergency department for depression and (ii) providing information about depression, symptoms of depression, services that may be available for individuals experiencing depression, and providers of such services to each patient for whom a screening indicates reason to believe the patient may be experiencing depression. The bill directs the Department to develop such information.

Hospitals; emergency departments, screening patients for depression.

Sen. Jennifer Kiggans [R]

2020-01-23 - Senate - Senate: Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-23	Senate	Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
2020-01-17	Senate	Assigned Education sub: Health
2020-01-05	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2020-01-05	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103655D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
32	1	127	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB315
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB315+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S04V0065+SB0315