VA HB621 | 2018 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-02-13 - Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions
Pending: House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 8 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-02-13 - Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions
Pending: House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Summary
Notice to patients of risk of cobalt poisoning. Requires the Board of Medicine to adopt regulations requiring health care providers who perform joint replacement surgery to inform patients on whom such surgery shall be performed of the risk of cobalt poisoning associated with joint replacement, the symptoms of cobalt poisoning, and the steps such patients should take if they begin to experience symptoms of cobalt poisoning.
Title
Cobalt poisoning; notice to patients of risk.
Sponsors
| Del. Robert Bell [R] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-02-13 | House | Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions |
| 2018-01-18 | House | Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2019 by voice vote |
| 2018-01-17 | House | Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1 |
| 2018-01-08 | House | Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions |
| 2018-01-08 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104743D |
Virginia State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB621 |
| Text | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB621+hil |
