Bill Text: VA HB1131 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Health care providers; regulation, prohibited acts, penalties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-07 - Continued to 2015 in Courts of Justice by voice vote [HB1131 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2014-HB1131-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 1131 Offered January 13, 2014 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered 54.1-2403.4 and 54.1-2506.02, relating to regulation of health care providers; prohibited acts; penalties. ---------- Patron-- Cole (By Request) ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding sections numbered 54.1-2403.4 and 54.1-2506.02 as follows:

§54.1-2403.4. Falsifying medical records; penalties.

Any individual who is licensed, registered, certified, or otherwise subject to the oversight of a health regulatory board pursuant to this subtitle who knowingly or intentionally makes any false statement or includes any false information in a patient's medical record is guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.

§54.1-2506.02. Providing false information; penalties.

Any individual who knowingly or intentionally makes a false statement or provides false information related to the subject of an investigation to investigative personnel of the Department engaged in the investigation of a complaint pursuant to §54.1-2506 is guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.