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Bill Corrections, Board of; minimum standards for health care services in local correctional facilities. Authorizes the Board of Corrections (Board) to establish minimum standards for health care services in local, regional, and community correctional facilities and procedures for enforcing such minimum standards, with the advice of and guidance from the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and State Health Commissioner. The bill provides that (i) such standards shall require that each local, regional, and community correctional facility submit a standardized quarterly continuous improvement report documenting the delivery of health care services, along with any improvements made to those services, to the Board and (ii) such reports shall be available to the public on the Board's website. The bill also authorizes the Board to determine that a local, regional, or community correctional facility accredited by the American Correctional Association or National Commission on Correctional Health Care meets such minimum standards solely on the basis of such accreditation; however, without exception, the requirement to submit standardized quarterly continuous quality improvement reports shall be a mandatory minimum standard. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care. This bill is identical to us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2019 HB 1918 Virginia HB 1918 (2019)
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Virginia HB 1918 (2019) — Corrections, Board of; minimum standards for health care services in local correctional facilities.

Authorizes the Board of Corrections (Board) to establish minimum standards for health care services in local, regional, and community correctional facilities and procedures for enforcing such minimum standards, with the advice of and guidance from the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and State Health Commissioner. The bill provides that (i) such standards shall require that each local, regional, and community correctional facility submit a standardized quarterly continuous improvement report documenting the delivery of health care services, along with any improvements made to those services, to the Board and (ii) such reports shall be available to the public on the Board's website. The bill also authorizes the Board to determine that a local, regional, or community correctional facility accredited by the American Correctional Association or National Commission on Correctional Health Care meets such minimum standards solely on the basis of such accreditation; however, without exception, the requirement to submit standardized quarterly continuous quality improvement reports shall be a mandatory minimum standard. This bill is 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 (CHAP0695) (committee substitute) — source
  2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1918ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101423D (committee substitute) — source
  4. Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106616D-S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Conference report agreed to by Senate — 370 (pass) · upper
  • Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 970 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate with substitute — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Conference report agreed to by House — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Senate insisted on substitute — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Senate substitute rejected by House 19106616D-S1 — 098 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

  • Christopher P. Stolle — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-01-04 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101423D introduction
  • 2019-01-04 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
  • 2019-01-11 Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
  • 2019-01-31 Read first time reading-1
  • 2019-02-01 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 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 substitute waived
  • 2019-02-12 Committee substitute agreed to 19106616D-S1
  • 2019-02-12 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1918S1
  • 2019-02-14 Placed on Calendar
  • 2019-02-14 Senate substitute rejected by House 19106616D-S1 (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 (99-Y 0-N)
  • 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
  • 2019-03-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 695 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1a46c20a-301a-4126-9a82-e81fbfad4211. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).