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Bill Health care providers, certain; program to address career fatigue and wellness, civil immunity. Programs to address career fatigue and wellness in certain health care providers; civil immunity. Expands civil immunity for health care professionals serving as members of or consultants to entities that function primarily to review, evaluate, or make recommendations related to health care services to include health care professionals serving as members of or consultants to entities that function primarily to address issues related to career fatigue and wellness in health care professionals licensed to practice medicine or osteopathic medicine or licensed as a physician assistant. The bill also clarifies that, absent evidence indicating a reasonable probability that a health care professional who is a participant in a professional program to address issues related to career fatigue or wellness is not competent to continue in practice or is a danger to himself, his patients, or the public, participation in such a professional program does not trigger the requirement that the health care professional be reported to the Department of Health Professions. The bill contains an emergency clause. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2020 HB 115 Virginia HB 115 (2020)
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Virginia HB 115 (2020) — Health care providers, certain; program to address career fatigue and wellness, civil immunity.

Programs to address career fatigue and wellness in certain health care providers; civil immunity. Expands civil immunity for health care professionals serving as members of or consultants to entities that function primarily to review, evaluate, or make recommendations related to health care services to include health care professionals serving as members of or consultants to entities that function primarily to address issues related to career fatigue and wellness in health care professionals licensed to practice medicine or osteopathic medicine or licensed as a physician assistant. The bill also clarifies that, absent evidence indicating a reasonable probability that a health care professional who is a participant in a professional program to address issues related to career fatigue or wellness is not competent to continue in practice or is a danger to himself, his patients, or the public, participation in such a professional program does not trigger the requirement that the health care professional be reported to the Department of Health Professions. The bill contains an emergency clause.

Version chain

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

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0198) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB115ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Impact statement from DPB (HB115) (committee substitute) — source
  4. Reenrolled bill text (HB115ER2) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • VOTE: Agree To (94-Y 0-N) — 930 (pass) · lower
  • Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (37-Y 2-N) — 372 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — 60 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) — 130 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: (99-Y 0-N) — 980 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-12-16 Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/08/20 20104347D introduction
  • 2019-12-16 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
  • 2020-01-15 Assigned HWI sub: Health Professions referral-committee
  • 2020-01-15 Impact statement from DPB (HB115)
  • 2020-01-16 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-01-21 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-01-23 Read first time reading-1
  • 2020-01-24 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2020-01-27 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2020-01-27 VOTE: (99-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-01-28 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2020-01-28 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2020-02-13 Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-17 Read third time reading-3
  • 2020-02-17 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2020-02-19 Enrolled
  • 2020-02-19 Impact statement from DPB (HB115ER)
  • 2020-02-19 Signed by Speaker
  • 2020-02-20 Signed by President
  • 2020-02-24 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2020
  • 2020-02-24 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 2, 2020
  • 2020-03-02 Governor's recommendation received by House
  • 2020-03-04 Placed on Calendar
  • 2020-03-04 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (94-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-03-04 VOTE: Agree To (94-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-03-08 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (37-Y 2-N)
  • 2020-03-08 Governor's recommendation adopted
  • 2020-03-08 Reenrolled
  • 2020-03-08 Reenrolled bill text (HB115ER2)
  • 2020-03-08 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
  • 2020-03-08 Signed by President as reenrolled
  • 2020-03-08 Enacted, Chapter 198 (effective 3/08/20) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e9a5c761-35cb-48c0-87f3-188bb0a27b45. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).