Virginia Senate Bill 602 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 3 2008 - 100% progression
Action: 2008-03-05 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0205)

Medical malpractice; professional services. Defines the term "professional services in nursing homes" in the context of medical malpractice actions as services provided to a patient by a health care provider, including psycho-social services, personal hygiene, hydration, nutrition, fall assessments or interventions, patient monitoring, prevention and treatment of medical conditions, diagnosis or therapy. This bill is in response to the Supreme Court decision in Alcoy v. Valley Nursing Homes, Inc., 272 Va. 37, 630 S.E.2d 301 (2006). This bill is identical to

Medical malpractice; definition of professional services.

Sen. Thomas Norment [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2008-03-05		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0205)
2008-03-03		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 205 (effective 7/1/08)
2008-02-25		Senate: Signed by President
2008-02-21		House: Signed by Speaker
2008-02-21		Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB602ER)
2008-02-21		Senate: Enrolled
2008-02-20		House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (95-Y 0-N 1-A)
2008-02-20		House: Passed House (95-Y 0-N 1-A)
2008-02-20		House: Read third time
2008-02-19		House: Read second time
2008-02-15		House: Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 0-N)
2008-02-14		House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil
2008-02-12		House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2008-02-12		House: Read first time
2008-02-12		House: Placed on Calendar
2008-02-11		Senate: Communicated to House
2008-02-11		Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2008-02-11		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2008-02-11		Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB602S1
2008-02-11		Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 081547284-S1
2008-02-11		Senate: Reading of substitute waived
2008-02-11		Senate: Read second time
2008-02-08		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2008-02-07		Senate: Committee substitute printed 081547284-S1
2008-02-06		Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 0-N)
2008-01-09		Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2008-01-09		Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 086151284

HB501 (Same As) 2008-03-05 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0169)

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?081+sum+SB602