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| Bill | Medical Excellence Zone Program; VDH to determine feasibility of establishment. | Department of Health; Department of Health Professions Medical Excellence Zone Program; telemedicine; reciprocal agreements. Directs the Department of Health to determine the feasibility of establishing a Medical Excellence Zone Program to allow citizens of the Commonwealth living in rural underserved areas to receive medical treatment via telemedicine services from providers licensed or registered in a state that is contiguous with the Commonwealth and directs the Department of Health Professions to pursue reciprocal agreements with such states for licensure for certain primary care practitioners licensed by the Board of Medicine. The bill requires the Department of Health to set out the criteria that would be required for a locality or group of localities in the Commonwealth to be eligible for the designation as a medical excellence zone and report its findings to the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions by November 1, 2020. The bill states that reciprocal agreements with states that are contiguous with the Commonwealth for the licensure of doctors of medicine, doctors of osteopathic medicine, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners shall only require that a person hold a current, unrestricted license in the other jurisdiction and that no grounds exist for denial based on the acts of unprofessional conduct. The Department of Health Professions is required to report on its progress in establishing such agreements to the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions by November 1, 2020. The bill requires the Board of Medicine to prioritize applications for licensure by endorsement as a doctor of medicine or osteopathic medicine, a physician assistant, or a nurse practitioner from such states through a streamlined process with a final determination regarding qualification to be made within 20 days of the receipt of a completed application. This bill is identical to HB 1701. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | SB 757 | Virginia SB 757 (2020) |
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Virginia SB 757 (2020) — Medical Excellence Zone Program; VDH to determine feasibility of establishment.
Department of Health; Department of Health Professions Medical Excellence Zone Program; telemedicine; reciprocal agreements. Directs the Department of Health to determine the feasibility of establishing a Medical Excellence Zone Program to allow citizens of the Commonwealth living in rural underserved areas to receive medical treatment via telemedicine services from providers licensed or registered in a state that is contiguous with the Commonwealth and directs the Department of Health Professions to pursue reciprocal agreements with such states for licensure for certain primary care practitioners licensed by the Board of Medicine. The bill requires the Department of Health to set out the criteria that would be required for a locality or group of localities in the Commonwealth to be eligible for the designation as a medical excellence zone and report its findings to the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions by November 1, 2020. The bill states that reciprocal agreements with states that are contiguous with the Commonwealth for the licensure of doctors of medicine, doctors of osteopathic medicine, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners shall only require that a person hold a current, unrestricted license in the other jurisdiction and that no grounds exist for denial based on the acts of unprofessional conduct. The Department of Health Professions is required to report on its progress in establishing such agreements to the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions by November 1, 2020. The bill requires the Board of Medicine to prioritize applications for licensure by endorsement as a doctor of medicine or osteopathic medicine, a physician assistant, or a nurse practitioner from such states through a streamlined process with a final determination regarding qualification to be made within 20 days of the receipt of a completed application. This bill is identical to HB 1701.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0236) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB757ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (SB757) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (SB757S1) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Barbara A. Favola — primary (person)
- A. Benton "Ben" Chafin — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer A. Kiggans — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105119D
introduction - 2020-01-08 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2020-01-17 Assigned Education sub: Health
referral-committee - 2020-01-22 Impact statement from DPB (SB757)
- 2020-01-23 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-01-23 Committee substitute printed 20106049D-S1
substitution - 2020-01-24 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2020-01-24 Impact statement from DPB (SB757S1)
- 2020-01-27 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-01-27 Reading of substitute waived
- 2020-01-27 Committee substitute agreed to 20106049D-S1
- 2020-01-27 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB757S1
- 2020-01-28 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-13 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-02-13 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-13 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
referral-committee - 2020-02-18 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-20 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-21 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-21 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
passage - 2020-02-21 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-26 Enrolled
- 2020-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (SB757ER)
- 2020-02-27 Signed by President
- 2020-02-27 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-03-04 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 4, 2020
- 2020-03-04 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 11, 2020
- 2020-03-10 Approved by Governor-Chapter 236 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bf350616-c2f6-486a-a870-05ce26e8dfbe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).