republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-1561.md

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Bill	Emergency Department Care Coordination Program; established.	Establishes the Emergency Department Care Coordination Program in the Department of Health to provide a single, statewide technology solution that connects all hospital emergency departments in the Commonwealth to facilitate real-time communication and collaboration between physicians, other health care providers, and other clinical and care management personnel for patients receiving services in hospital emergency departments, for the purpose of improving the quality of patient care services. The bill does not become effective unless and until the Commonwealth receives federal Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act funds to implement its provisions. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 1561	Virginia SB 1561 (2017)	bill	Administration of Government Health	enacted	Siobhan S. Dunnavant	6	28	8	2017-01-20	2017-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/3e057bcb-5d81-4574-a258-cc6934a8d0b8	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1561	87eb6682b73d88896873722bb5b8601e2d34e7ff429fc081ddc632bbe463f180	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1561 (2017) — Emergency Department Care Coordination Program; established.

Establishes the Emergency Department Care Coordination Program in the Department of Health to provide a single, statewide technology solution that connects all hospital emergency departments in the Commonwealth to facilitate real-time communication and collaboration between physicians, other health care providers, and other clinical and care management personnel for patients receiving services in hospital emergency departments, for the purpose of improving the quality of patient care services. The bill does not become effective unless and until the Commonwealth receives federal Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act funds to implement its provisions. This bill is identical to

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0475) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Committee substitute printed 17105421D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1561ER) (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105126D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17103799D (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate: Printed as engrossed 17105126D-ES1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Appropriations with substitute — 21–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Finance with amendment — 16–0 (pass) · legislature
• House substitute agreed to by Senate — 37–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 38–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Education and Health with substitute — 14–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Siobhan S. Dunnavant — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2017-01-20 Presented and ordered printed 17103799D introduction
• 2017-01-20 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2017-01-30 Assigned Education sub: Health Professions referral-committee
• 2017-02-02 Rereferred to Finance referral-committee
• 2017-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-06 Reading of substitute waived
• 2017-02-06 Committee substitute agreed to 17105126D-S1
• 2017-02-06 Reading of amendment waived
• 2017-02-06 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2017-02-06 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB1561ES1
• 2017-02-06 Printed as engrossed 17105126D-ES1
• 2017-02-08 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-08 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-08 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2017-02-08 Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources referral-committee
• 2017-02-14 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-15 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-15 Committee substitute agreed to 17105421D-H1
• 2017-02-15 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1561H1
• 2017-02-15 Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2017-02-17 Passed by temporarily
• 2017-02-17 Title replaced 17105421D-H1
• 2017-02-22 Enrolled
• 2017-02-22 Signed by President
• 2017-02-22 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-23 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/23/17
• 2017-02-23 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 475 (effective - see bill) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3e057bcb-5d81-4574-a258-cc6934a8d0b8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).