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type: "Bill"
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title: "Charity health care services; liability protection for administrators."
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description: "Provides that persons who administer, organize, arrange, or promote the rendering of services to patients of certain clinics shall not be liable to patients of such clinics for any civil damages for any act or omission resulting from the rendering of such services unless the act or omission was the result of such persons' or the clinic's gross negligence or willful misconduct. This bill is identical to"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 1748"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1748 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Health", "Professions and Occupations"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["John M. O'Bannon, III"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2017-01-08"
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last_action: "2017-03-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79367cbe-1c41-4ccd-b4dd-7d81b71e437d"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1748"
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source_hash: "b7ab6409b9b8cbe8c44c52bad8ab27738f7c005df66d588105c23f02bdf4eab5"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1748 (2017) — Charity health care services; liability protection for administrators.
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Provides that persons who administer, organize, arrange, or promote the rendering of services to patients of certain clinics shall not be liable to patients of such clinics for any civil damages for any act or omission resulting from the rendering of such services unless the act or omission was the result of such persons' or the clinic's gross negligence or willful misconduct. This bill is identical to
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0415)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0415)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1748ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1748ER)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101057D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1748)
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4. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105290D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1748S1)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate with substitute — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Senate substitute agreed to by House 17105290D-S1 — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **95–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- John M. O'Bannon, III — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101057D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-08** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-13** Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-01** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-02** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-02-03** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-13** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2017-02-13** Committee substitute agreed to 17105290D-S1
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- **2017-02-13** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1748S1
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- **2017-02-15** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-02-15** Senate substitute agreed to by House 17105290D-S1 (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2017-02-17** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-17** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-20** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
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- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 415 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79367cbe-1c41-4ccd-b4dd-7d81b71e437d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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