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Bill Corrections, Department of; policies to improve exchange of offender medical information. Directs the Department of Corrections to develop policies to improve the exchange of offender medical and mental health information, including policies to improve access to electronic medical records by health care providers and electronic exchange of information for telemedicine and telepsychiatry and to report by October 1, 2019, on its progress in developing such policies to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions, the Senate Committee on Education and Health, and the Joint Subcommittee to Study Mental Health Services in the Commonwealth in the 21st Century. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2019 HB 2499 Virginia HB 2499 (2019)
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Virginia HB 2499 (2019) — Corrections, Department of; policies to improve exchange of offender medical information.

Directs the Department of Corrections to develop policies to improve the exchange of offender medical and mental health information, including policies to improve access to electronic medical records by health care providers and electronic exchange of information for telemedicine and telepsychiatry and to report by October 1, 2019, on its progress in developing such policies to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions, the Senate Committee on Education and Health, and the Joint Subcommittee to Study Mental Health Services in the Commonwealth in the 21st Century.

Version chain

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

  1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0202) (committee substitute) — source
  2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2499ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104353D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 970 (pass) · lower
  • Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 960 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting — 60 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety — 200 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — 140 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Vivian E. Watts — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104353D introduction
  • 2019-01-09 Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety referral-committee
  • 2019-01-15 Assigned MPPS sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
  • 2019-01-22 Read first time reading-1
  • 2019-01-23 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2019-01-24 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2019-01-24 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
  • 2019-01-24 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2019-01-25 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2019-01-25 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
  • 2019-02-12 Read third time reading-3
  • 2019-02-14 Enrolled
  • 2019-02-14 Signed by Speaker
  • 2019-02-14 Signed by President
  • 2019-02-18 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 18, 2019
  • 2019-02-18 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
  • 2019-03-05 Approved by Governor-Chapter 202 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e1972dfd-fc0a-4974-aae2-0c00bb85fc3b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).