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2007 HEALTH RELATED LEGISLATION

Bill Number/Patron	Committee	Bill Summary Text
HB 1650 Vincent F. Callahan, Jr.	Appropriations	Budget Bill.
HB 1652 Ward L. Armstrong	Courts of Justice	Smoking in proximity to hospital oxygen source; penalty.
HB 1679 John A. Cosgrove	Transportation	Bridges and culverts.
HB 1682 Vincent F. Callahan, Jr.	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Board of Medicine; information to complaining parties.
HB 1690 R. Steven Landes	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Worksite health promotion grants program.
HB 1691 R. Steven Landes	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Transition to elimination of medical care facilities certificate of public need.
HB 1743 Robert G. Marshall	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Disease prevention and control; Lyme disease.
HB 1751 Robert G. Marshall	Transportation	Special license plates; brain tumor awareness.
HB 1768 James M. Shuler	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Stem cell research authorized; requirements.
HB 1788 Terry G. Kilgore	Courts of Justice	Medical records; itemized list of charges; no fee.
HB 1873 C. Charles Caputo	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Data reporting requirements for doctors of medicine, osteopathy, and podiatry; expungement.
HB 1883 Robert G. Marshall	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Licensure of abortion clinics.
HB 1904 David B. Albo	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Mental health; outpatient treatment orders.
HB 1914 Jeion A. Ward	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Required vaccinations; adds human papillomavirus vaccine.
HB 1925 H. Morgan Griffith	Courts of Justice	Psychiatric Inpatient Treatment of Minors Act; special justices.
HB 1938 Harry R. Purkey	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Medical professions; what constitutes practice.
HB 1944 Harry R. Purkey	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Criminal history background checks for medical practitioners.
HB 1963 John M. O'Bannon, III	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Prescription of certain controlled substances and devices by licensed physician assistants.
HB 1965 John M. O'Bannon, III	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Assisted living facilities; certain hospices exempt.
HB 1975 William H. Fralin, Jr.	Commerce & Labor	Health insurance; mandated coverage for CyberKnife procedures.
HB 2022 Harry R. Purkey	Finance	Reporting to the Department of Taxation; nonprofit hospitals.
HB 2033 Phillip A. Hamilton	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Secretary of Health and Human Resources; duties.
HB 2034 Phillip A. Hamilton	Militia, Police, Public Safety	Payment for health care costs of prisoners.
HB 2035 Phillip A. Hamilton	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Required vaccinations; adds human papillomavirus vaccine.
HB 2037 Phillip A. Hamilton	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Administration of drugs or devices, addition of medical assistants.
HB 2038 Phillip A. Hamilton	Health, Welfare, Institutions	State medical assistance plan; DMAS to contract with DMHMRSAS for mental health services.
HB 2045 Michelle B. McQuigg	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Health professions; authority to send laboratory results directly to patient.
HB 2087 William R. Janis	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Health professions; direct access to physical therapists.
HB 2120 Robert G. Marshall	Commerce & Labor	Small Employer Health Insurance Exchange.
HB 2121 Robert G. Marshall	Commerce & Labor	Virginia Health Insurance Exchange.
HB 2122 Robert G. Marshall	Commerce & Labor	Virginia Health Reinsurance Pool Act.
HB 2123 Robert G. Marshall	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Fertility treatments; disclosure required of egg donors.
HB 2124 Robert G. Marshall	Courts of Justice	*Abortion illegal upon overturning of Roe v. Wade.*
HB 2125 Robert G. Marshall	Courts of Justice	Coerced abortions prohibited.
HB 2149 William H. Fralin, Jr.	Commerce & Labor	Individual health insurance policies; Medicare coverage.
HB 2155 John M. O'Bannon, III	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Certificate of Public Need.
HB 2156 John M. O'Bannon, III	Commerce & Labor	Health insurance; mandated coverage for evaluations of brain tumors.
HB 2157 John M. O'Bannon, III	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Board of Medicine; disciplinary procedure.
HB 2161 John M. O'Bannon, III	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Statewide emergency medical care system.
HB 2178 Harvey B. Morgan	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Schedule III controlled substances.
HB 2198 Samuel A. Nixon, Jr.	Science & Technology	Electronic health records.
HB 2211 John M. O'Bannon, III	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Virginia Emergency Medical Services Registry and Virginia Statewide Trauma Registry.
HB 2212 John M. O'Bannon, III	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Health regulatory boards; summary restriction of licenses.
HB 2214 Ward L. Armstrong	Education	Childhood obesity.
HB 2221 Kristen J. Amundson	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Birth control; definition.
HB 2256 Katherine B. Waddell	Education	Christopher Reeve Stem Cell Research Fund; human embryonic stem cells.
HB 2263 Thomas Davis Rust	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Hospital or health center commissions; membership.
HB 2274 Harry R. Purkey	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Certificate of public need; deregulation of health care facilities.
HB 2276 Harry R. Purkey	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Certificate of public need.
HB 2277 Harry R. Purkey	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Certificates of Public Need.
HB 2290 Vivian E. Watts	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Certified Nursing Facility Education Initiative; use of funds.
HB 2299 Robert H. Brink	Health, Welfare, Institutions	FAMIS Program; reporting requirements.
HB 2301 Mark L. Cole	Courts of Justice	Informed consent to an abortion.
HB 2319 John J. Welch, III	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Definition of abused or neglected child.
HB 2367 Phillip A. Hamilton	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Health care data reporting; repeals sunset.
HB 2377 Phillip A. Hamilton	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Dentistry licensure; removes exam requirement.
HB 2378 Phillip A. Hamilton	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Health Commissioner; goals of licensure.
HB 2416 Clifford L. Athey, Jr.	Courts of Justice	Exceptions to immunity of physicians; nurse practitioner or physician assistant orders test.
HB 2426 Kathy J. Byron	Commerce & Labor	Health insurance; coverage for bone marrow transplants.
HB 2447 Jeffrey M. Frederick	Commerce & Labor	Health insurance; mandated coverage for enteral formulas necessitated by inborn metabolic disorders.
HB 2456 Benjamin L. Cline	Courts of Justice	Anesthesia for fetuses.
HB 2520 Sal Iaquinto	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Health records privacy; exceptions.
HB 2532 R. Steven Landes	Courts of Justice	Unintentionally causing death of fetus punishable as involuntary manslaughter.
HB 2546 Clarke N. Hogan	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Definition of projects that require certificate of public need.
HB 2562 R. Lee Ware, Jr.	Commerce & Labor	Joint payment of health insurance claims.
HB 2567 Stephen C. Shannon	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Human research review committees; publication of results.
HB 2583 William R. Janis	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Health records; surgical complications reporting.
HB 2635 John S. Reid	Rules	Special Advisory Commission on Mandated Health Insurance Benefits.
HB 2648 S. Chris Jones	Courts of Justice	Producing abortion or miscarriage, etc.; penalty.
HB 2649 S. Chris Jones	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Board of Pharmacy; grounds for discipline.
HB 2721 Charles W. Carrico, Sr.	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Background checks; providers licensed by DMHMRSAS.
HB 2730 David L. Englin	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Hospital regulations; authorized visitor designation for hospital visitation.
HB 2732 David L. Englin	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Brain and spinal cord injury registry.
HB 2797 Robert G. Marshall	Privileges & Elections	Constitutional right to enjoyment of life.
HB 2808 Kathy J. Byron	Courts of Justice	Requirement of ultrasound testing as part of informed consent for abortion.
HB 2815 Mark D. Sickles	General Laws	Commonwealth to purchase lowest cost appropriate medical products and services.
HB 2842 Franklin P. Hall	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Requirement that pharmacist sell and dispense drugs.
HB 2843 Franklin P. Hall	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Health professions; authority to send laboratory results directly to patient.
HB 2844 John M. O'Bannon, III	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Salvinorin A as a Schedule I hallucinogenic.
HB 2857 Brian J. Moran	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Stem cell research authorized; requirements.
HB 2877 A. Donald McEachin	Commerce & Labor	Health insurance; mandated coverage for human papillomavirus vaccinations.
HB 2880 A. Donald McEachin	Appropriations	Commonwealth Health Research Fund.
HB 2882 Clarence E. Phillips	Counties, Cities, Towns	Southwest Virginia Health Facilities Authority.
HB 2948 Robert J. Wittman	General Laws	State employee health plan.
HB 2949 Robert J. Wittman	General Laws	Health insurance; mandated coverage for treatment by intensity modulated radiation therapy.
HB 2952 Terry G. Kilgore	Courts of Justice	Medical records; fees for copying.
HB 2969 Robert B. Bell	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Supervised training programs for medical students; prohibition of unauthorized pelvic exams.
HB 3043 Lionell Spruill, Sr.	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Health Commissioner; minority health.
HB 3061 Jeffrey M. Frederick	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Health professions; authority to send laboratory test results directly to patients.
HB 3156 Robert J. Wittman	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Plan for provision of medical assistance services; intensity based modulated radiation therapy (IMRT).
HB 3160 Daniel W. Marshall, III	Commerce & Labor	Health insurance; policies to protect the uninsured.
HB 3183 Ward L. Armstrong	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Pregnant Women Support Act.
HB 3188 Mark D. Sickles	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Mandatory electronic payment of Medicaid providers.
HB 3209 H. Morgan Griffith	Courts of Justice	Fees for copies of records; no charge for copy of bills.
HJ 566 Christopher K. Peace	Rules	National Action Week of the United States Bone and Joint Decade.
HJ 583 Robert G. Marshall	Rules	Encouraging the Department of Health to seek federal funding and support from the Virginia Congressional Delegation.
HJ 584 Robert G. Marshall	Rules	Study; continuing the Joint Subcommittee to Study Medical, Ethical, and Scientific Issues Relating to Stem Cell Research Conducted in the Commonwealth; Report.
HJ 595 Rosalyn R. Dance	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Disease management of COPD.
HJ 613 Harry R. Purkey	Rules	Study; Commonwealth's uninsured population; report.
HJ 616 John M. O'Bannon, III	Rules	Memorializing the Virginia Congressional Delegation and the Governor to urge Congress to timely reauthorize the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) to ensure federal funding for FAMIS.
HJ 635 John M. O'Bannon, III	Rules	Study; Joint Commission on Health Care; stroke prevention and care; report.
HJ 637 John M. O'Bannon, III	Rules	Study; childhood obesity; report.
HJ 641 Lacey E. Putney	Rules	Study; accessibility to vision care services and products by Virginia consumers; report.
HJ 643 Harry R. Purkey	Rules	Study; severe shortage of medical doctors; report.
HJ 644 Harry R. Purkey	Rules	Study; indigent health care in the Commonwealth; report.
HJ 649 Vivian E. Watts	Rules	Study; increased use of electronic personal health records; report.
HJ 653 David A. Nutter	Rules	Study; health insurance public subsidy; report.
HJ 657 Kenneth R. Melvin	Rules	Department of Medical Assistance Services; managed care.
HJ 699 James M. Scott	Rules	Study; accuracy of discard dates on prescription drugs; report.
HJ 701 Phillip A. Hamilton	Rules	Study; health care provider liability; report.
HJ 713 John M. O'Bannon, III	Rules	Study; Department of Medical Administrative Services; cost of insulin and human growth hormone to the Commonwealth's Medicaid program; report.
HJ 726 Roslyn Tyler	Rules	Healthy Virginians/Healthy Students Week.
HJ 761 Robert G. Marshall	Privileges & Elections	Appointments by the Speaker of the House of Delegates.
HJ 774 Terry G. Kilgore	Rules	Resolution; mental health services.
SB 737 Ken T. Cuccinelli, II	Courts of Justice	Admissibility of mental health care records in custody and visitation cases.
SB 738 Ken T. Cuccinelli, II	Courts of Justice	Psychiatric Inpatient Treatment of Minors Act; special justices.
SB 739 Ken T. Cuccinelli, II	Courts of Justice	Psychiatric Inpatient Treatment of Minors Act; special justices.
SB 763 Ken T. Cuccinelli, II	Commerce & Labor	Mental health; outpatient treatment orders.
SB 793 Walter A. Stosch	Finance	Commonwealth Health Research Fund.
SB 856 W. Roscoe Reynolds	Education & Health	Background checks; providers licensed by DMHMRSAS.
SB 872 Ryan T. McDougle	Education & Health	Board of Nursing; continuing education requirements for nurses.
SB 905 Nick Rerras	Rehabilitation & Social Services	Definition of abused or neglected child.
SB 918 Janet D. Howell	Education & Health	Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (UAGA).
SB 931 Patricia S. Ticer	Commerce & Labor	Health insurance; mandated coverage for prosthetic devices and components.
SB 958 Frederick M. Quayle	General Laws & Technology	Emergency service providers; advanced life support procedures.
SB 974 John S. Edwards	Rehabilitation & Social Services	Childhood obesity.
SB 980 John S. Edwards	Education & Health	Supervision of physician assistants.
SB 991 Harry B. Blevins	Commerce & Labor	Health insurance; coverage for bone marrow transplants.
SB 993 Harry B. Blevins	Transportation	Disabled parking.
SB 995 Harry B. Blevins	Education & Health	Medicaid eligibility; young adults transitioning from foster care.
SB 1088 Phillip P. Puckett	Education & Health	Pregnant Women Support Act.
SB 1225 Janet D. Howell	Education & Health	Health Commissioner; women's health.
SB 1230 Janet D. Howell	Education & Health	Required vaccinations; adds human papillomavirus vaccine.
SB 1305 Stephen D. Newman	Education & Health	Health professions; direct access to physical therapists.
SB 1324 Ken T. Cuccinelli, II	Education & Health	Practice of nursing by emergency medical services personnel.
SB 1325 W. Roscoe Reynolds	Education & Health	Medical assistance services; medically needy.
SB 1341 Linda T. Puller	Education & Health	Health professions; authority to send laboratory test results directly to patients.
SJ 381 Phillip P. Puckett	Rules	Study; reasons women obtain abortions; report.
SJ 384 Benjamin J. Lambert, III	Rules	Department of Medical Assistance Services; managed care.
SJ 388 Harry B. Blevins	Rules	Study; health insurance public subsidy; report.

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