republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/sb-867.md

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Bill	Stroke care; Department of Health shall be responsible for quality improvement initiatives.	Provides that the Department of Health shall be responsible for stroke care quality improvement initiatives in the Commonwealth. Such initiatives shall include (i) establishing systems to collect data and information about stroke care in the Commonwealth, (ii) facilitating information and data sharing and collaboration among hospitals and health care providers to improve the quality of stroke care in the Commonwealth, (iii) requiring the application of evidence-based treatment guidelines for transitioning patients to community-based follow-up care following acute treatment for stroke, and (iv) establishing a process for continuous quality improvement for the delivery of stroke care by the statewide system for stroke response and treatment. The bill also directs the Department of Health to convene a group of stakeholders, which shall include representatives of (a) hospital systems, including at least one hospital system with at least six or more stroke centers in the Commonwealth, recommended by the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association; (b) the Virginia Stroke Systems Task Force; and (c) the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, to advise on the implementation of stroke care quality improvement initiatives. The provisions of the bill making the Department of Health responsible for stroke care quality improvement initiatives in the Commonwealth have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2019. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	SB 867	Virginia SB 867 (2018)	bill	Health Study Commissions Committees and Reports	enacted	Jeremy S. McPike	3	22	6	2018-01-17	2018-03-05	openstates	ocd-bill/14289c1f-3ed8-4042-aac0-775c5a8dbe9e	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB867	2563cead447f5804f444ed455745a67b95d9059532a4b716f9012bfbb9b1084a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 867 (2018) — Stroke care; Department of Health shall be responsible for quality improvement initiatives.

Provides that the Department of Health shall be responsible for stroke care quality improvement initiatives in the Commonwealth. Such initiatives shall include (i) establishing systems to collect data and information about stroke care in the Commonwealth, (ii) facilitating information and data sharing and collaboration among hospitals and health care providers to improve the quality of stroke care in the Commonwealth, (iii) requiring the application of evidence-based treatment guidelines for transitioning patients to community-based follow-up care following acute treatment for stroke, and (iv) establishing a process for continuous quality improvement for the delivery of stroke care by the statewide system for stroke response and treatment. The bill also directs the Department of Health to convene a group of stakeholders, which shall include representatives of (a) hospital systems, including at least one hospital system with at least six or more stroke centers in the Commonwealth, recommended by the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association; (b) the Virginia Stroke Systems Task Force; and (c) the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, to advise on the implementation of stroke care quality improvement initiatives. The provisions of the bill making the Department of Health responsible for stroke care quality improvement initiatives in the Commonwealth have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2019. This bill is identical to

Version chain

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

1. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB867ER) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Committee substitute printed 18106388D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Presented and ordered printed 18104425D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Finance with amendment — 16–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 100–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Education and Health with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed Senate — 39–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Jeremy S. McPike — primary (person)
• Siobhan S. Dunnavant — cosponsor (person)
• T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-17 Presented and ordered printed 18104425D introduction
• 2018-01-17 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2018-01-26 Assigned Education sub: Health referral-committee
• 2018-02-01 Rereferred to Finance referral-committee
• 2018-02-08 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-02-08 Reading of substitute waived
• 2018-02-08 Committee substitute agreed to 18106388D-S1
• 2018-02-08 Reading of amendment waived
• 2018-02-08 Committee amendment rejected
• 2018-02-08 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB867S1
• 2018-02-14 Placed on Calendar
• 2018-02-14 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-02-14 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2018-02-19 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2018-02-20 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2018-02-22 Enrolled
• 2018-02-22 Signed by Speaker
• 2018-02-23 Signed by President
• 2018-02-26 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
• 2018-02-26 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
• 2018-03-05 Approved by Governor-Chapter 198 (effective - see bill) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/14289c1f-3ed8-4042-aac0-775c5a8dbe9e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).