Bill Text: VA HB1943 | 2019 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Chief Medical Examiner; process for testing certain blood samples.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-05 - Tabled in Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote [HB1943 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2019-HB1943-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 1943 Offered January 9, 2019 Prefiled January 6, 2019 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 32.1 a section numbered 32.1-288.2, relating to Office of the Chief Medical Examiner; process for testing certain blood samples. ---------- Patron-- Bell, Robert B. ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 32.1 a section numbered 32.1-288.2 as follows:

§32.1-288.2. Testing of certain samples.

The Chief Medical Examiner (i) shall establish a process for the collection and testing of blood specimens of a person deemed to have consented to testing for infection with the human immunodeficiency virus or hepatitis B or C viruses pursuant to § 32.1-45.1 in cases in which a law-enforcement officer, salaried or volunteer firefighter, or salaried or volunteer emergency medical services provider is directly exposed to blood of such person in a manner that may, according to the then current guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, transmit human immunodeficiency virus or hepatitis B or C viruses and (ii) shall take steps to ensure that all law-enforcement agencies, fire companies and departments, and emergency medical services agencies in the Commonwealth are aware of such process.