Bill Text: VA HB1719 | 2020 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Prescribed pediatric extended care centers; plan for licensure.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-04-09 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0929) [HB1719 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2020-HB1719-Engrossed.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. §1. That the Commissioner of [ Health
Social Services ] (the Commissioner) shall establish a work group, which
shall include representatives of the Departments of Health Professions, Medical
Assistance Services, and Social Services, pediatric health care providers, and
such other stakeholders as the Commissioner may deem appropriate, to develop a
plan for the licensure of prescribed pediatric extended care centers in the
Commonwealth. Such plan shall include provisions for the construction, maintenance,
operation, staffing, and management of prescribed pediatric extended care
centers and the nature and scope of services to be provided by prescribed
pediatric extended care centers in the Commonwealth. The work group shall
report the plan to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on
Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education and
Health by November 1, 2020.