republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-1917.md

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Bill	DOC; Director to establish health care continuous quality improvement committee.	Requires the Director of the Department of Corrections to establish a health care continuous quality improvement committee, consisting of the Director and specified health care professionals employed by the Department. The bill requires the committee to (i) identify appropriate criteria for evaluation of the quality of health care services provided by the Department, (ii) monitor and evaluate the quality of health care services provided by the Department utilizing the criteria identified, and (iii) develop strategies to improve the quality of health care services provided by the Department. The bill also requires the committee to publish quarterly continuous quality improvement reports setting forth such data and information as the committee deems appropriate on a website maintained by the Department. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 1917	Virginia HB 1917 (2019)	bill	Prisons and Other Methods of Correction	enacted	Christopher P. Stolle	6	31	11	2019-01-04	2019-03-18	openstates	ocd-bill/d7b8bc00-76ed-487e-94b3-30f5c6f24885	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1917	3ad96aaaa3bf2ff5145f54ac14a9618dfdb6cd020572dc7b7f15d706fff4bec3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1917 (2019) — DOC; Director to establish health care continuous quality improvement committee.

Requires the Director of the Department of Corrections to establish a health care continuous quality improvement committee, consisting of the Director and specified health care professionals employed by the Department. The bill requires the committee to (i) identify appropriate criteria for evaluation of the quality of health care services provided by the Department, (ii) monitor and evaluate the quality of health care services provided by the Department utilizing the criteria identified, and (iii) develop strategies to improve the quality of health care services provided by the Department. The bill also requires the committee to publish quarterly continuous quality improvement reports setting forth such data and information as the committee deems appropriate on a website maintained by the Department. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care. 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 (CHAP0463) (committee substitute) — source
2. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1917ER) (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Committee substitute printed 19104827D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
5. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101421D (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate amendments engrossed (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Conference report agreed to by House — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendment — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Conference report agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate insisted on amendment — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with amendment — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate amendment rejected by House — 0–98 (fail) · lower
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Christopher P. Stolle — primary (person)
• C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
• Roslyn C. Tyler — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-04 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101421D introduction
• 2019-01-04 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2019-01-15 Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2019-01-31 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-02-01 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-02-01 Committee substitute agreed to 19104827D-H1
• 2019-02-01 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1917H1
• 2019-02-04 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2019-02-04 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
• 2019-02-04 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2019-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2019-02-05 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2019-02-12 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-12 Reading of amendment waived
• 2019-02-12 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2019-02-12 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2019-02-14 Placed on Calendar
• 2019-02-14 Senate amendment rejected by House (0-Y 98-N)
• 2019-02-18 Senate requested conference committee
• 2019-02-19 House acceded to request
• 2019-02-19 Conferees appointed by House
• 2019-02-20 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2019-02-21 Amended by conference committee
• 2019-02-21 Conference report agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
• 2019-02-22 Passed by temporarily
• 2019-03-07 Enrolled
• 2019-03-07 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-03-09 Signed by President
• 2019-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2019
• 2019-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
• 2019-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 463 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d7b8bc00-76ed-487e-94b3-30f5c6f24885. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).