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type: "Bill"
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title: "Stroke centers, certified; designation of hospitals."
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description: "Expands the list of certified stroke center designations for hospitals included in regional stroke triage plans to include comprehensive stroke centers, primary stroke centers with supplementary levels of stroke care distinction, and acute stroke-ready hospitals and adds the American Heart Association to the list of entities authorized to provide certification of such hospitals. This bill is identical to"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "SB 868"
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citation: "Virginia SB 868 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jeremy S. McPike"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2018-01-17"
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last_action: "2018-03-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2df257a5-c3e8-4d79-8bf8-f5787a51ab03"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB868"
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source_hash: "ee97daf1276316f0abec0b1d42b24d18cbfcd9482a06578a82a4ebea5601d7ae"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 868 (2018) — Stroke centers, certified; designation of hospitals.
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Expands the list of certified stroke center designations for hospitals included in regional stroke triage plans to include comprehensive stroke centers, primary stroke centers with supplementary levels of stroke care distinction, and acute stroke-ready hospitals and adds the American Heart Association to the list of entities authorized to provide certification of such hospitals. This bill is identical to
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB868ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB868ER)
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2. **Senate: Presented and ordered printed 18104424D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB868)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Jeremy S. McPike — primary (person)
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- Siobhan S. Dunnavant — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-17** Presented and ordered printed 18104424D `introduction`
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- **2018-01-17** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-26** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-05** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-08** Placed on Calendar
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- **2018-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-08** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-19** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-20** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2018-02-22** Enrolled
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- **2018-02-22** Signed by Speaker
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- **2018-02-23** Signed by President
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- **2018-02-26** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
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- **2018-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
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- **2018-03-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 109 (effective 7/1/18) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2df257a5-c3e8-4d79-8bf8-f5787a51ab03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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