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| Bill | Hospitals; screening emergency department patients, etc. | Hospitals; emergency treatment for substanceuse-related emergencies; services. Requires the Board of Healthto amend regulations governing hospitals to require each hospitalthat provides emergency treatment to an individual experiencing asubstance use-related emergency to (i) complete a comprehensive assessmentto identify appropriate medical interventions necessary for the treatmentof the individual; (ii) complete a comprehensive behavioral healthassessment to determine whether additional treatment may be appropriate;(iii) initiate pharmacotherapy for treatment of drug or alcohol dependence,where appropriate; and (iv) provide the patient with naloxone orother opioid antagonist used for overdose reversal. Such regulationsshall also require each hospital that provides emergency treatment to an individual experiencing a substance use-related emergencyto establish and implement a protocol for connecting such patientsreceiving emergency treatment with appropriate community-based providersof behavioral health services upon discharge. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | SB 903 | Virginia SB 903 (2020) |
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Virginia SB 903 (2020) — Hospitals; screening emergency department patients, etc.
Hospitals; emergency treatment for substanceuse-related emergencies; services. Requires the Board of Healthto amend regulations governing hospitals to require each hospitalthat provides emergency treatment to an individual experiencing asubstance use-related emergency to (i) complete a comprehensive assessmentto identify appropriate medical interventions necessary for the treatmentof the individual; (ii) complete a comprehensive behavioral healthassessment to determine whether additional treatment may be appropriate;(iii) initiate pharmacotherapy for treatment of drug or alcohol dependence,where appropriate; and (iv) provide the patient with naloxone orother opioid antagonist used for overdose reversal. Such regulationsshall also require each hospital that provides emergency treatment to an individual experiencing a substance use-related emergencyto establish and implement a protocol for connecting such patientsreceiving emergency treatment with appropriate community-based providersof behavioral health services upon discharge.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0942) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB903ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (SB903) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (SB903S1) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — 7–1 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 1-N) — 21–1 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Jill Holtzman Vogel — primary (person)
- Chris Collins-Resigned 6/28/20 — cosponsor (person)
- Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-08 Presented and ordered printed 20100720D
introduction - 2020-01-08 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2020-01-16 Impact statement from DPB (SB903)
- 2020-01-17 Assigned Education sub: Health
referral-committee - 2020-01-23 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-01-23 Committee substitute printed 20106163D-S1
substitution - 2020-01-24 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2020-01-24 Impact statement from DPB (SB903S1)
- 2020-01-27 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-01-27 Reading of substitute waived
- 2020-01-27 Committee substitute agreed to 20106163D-S1
- 2020-01-27 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB903S1
- 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 - 2020-02-13 Assigned HWI sub: Health
referral-committee - 2020-02-18 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
- 2020-02-25 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 1-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-27 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-28 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-28 Passed House (99-Y 0-N)
passage - 2020-02-28 VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 2020-03-05 Enrolled
- 2020-03-05 Impact statement from DPB (SB903ER)
- 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-03-07 Signed by President
- 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 2020-04-09 Approved by Governor-Chapter 942 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6ce2a097-8ed9-4ea2-b204-3da897a6e107. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).