Virginia Senate Bill 971 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on January 28 2013 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2013-02-23 - Failed to pass in Senate
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Lyme disease; disclosure of information to patients. Requires physicians to provide to each patient for whom a test for the presence of Lyme disease is ordered a written notice about Lyme disease, about testing for Lyme disease, and about the need for the patient to contact his physician with questions or concerns about Lyme disease. The bill also provides that licensees are immune from civil liability for providing such notice absent gross negligence or willful misconduct. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2018.

Lyme disease; physicians to disclose information to patients, licensees immune from civil liability.

Sen. Richard Black [R]

2013-02-18 - Senate - Senate: Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-13 - Senate - Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (9-Y 28-N) (Y: 9 N: 28 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2013-02-11 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 101 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-07 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 24 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-01-29 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 11-N) (Y: 29 N: 11 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-01-29 - Senate - Senate: Pending question ordered (34-Y 6-N) (Y: 34 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-01-25 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-01-24 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with amendment (10-Y 4-N 1-A) (Y: 10 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-02-23	Senate	Failed to pass in Senate
2013-02-23	Senate	No further action taken
2013-02-18	Senate	Senators: Black, Howell, Northam
2013-02-18	Senate	Conferees appointed by Senate
2013-02-18	Senate	Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
2013-02-14	House	House requested conference committee
2013-02-14	House	House insisted on substitute
2013-02-13	Senate	House substitute rejected by Senate (9-Y 28-N)
2013-02-11	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
2013-02-11	House	Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2013-02-11	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB971H1
2013-02-11	House	Committee substitute agreed to 13105016D-H1
2013-02-11	House	Read third time
2013-02-08	House	Read second time
2013-02-07	House	Committee substitute printed 13105016D-H1
2013-02-07	House	Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
2013-02-05	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2013-02-05	House	Read first time
2013-02-05	House	Placed on Calendar
2013-01-29	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 11-N)
2013-01-29	Senate	Pending question ordered (34-Y 6-N)
2013-01-28	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB971S1
2013-01-28	Senate	Substitute by Senator Black agreed to 13104652D-S1
2013-01-28	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2013-01-28	Senate	Floor substitute printed 13104652D-S1 (Black)
2013-01-28	Senate	Committee amendment rejected
2013-01-28	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2013-01-28	Senate	Read second time
2013-01-25	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2013-01-24	Senate	Reported from Education and Health with amendment (10-Y 4-N 1-A)
2013-01-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2013-01-08	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13101234D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
54	1	2963.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB971
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+SB971+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+SB971S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+SB971H1+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+S04V0060+SB0971
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+SV0172SB0971+SB0971
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+SV0211SB0971+SB0971
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+SV0212SB0971+SB0971
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+H12V0099+SB0971
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+HV0758+SB0971
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+SV0480SB0971+SB0971
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+SV0627SB0971+SB0971