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Hospitals; psychiatric emergency departments. Allows hospitals with psychiatric emergency departments located in the City of Hampton to operate without a physician on duty when certain conditions are met, including having written agreements in place with emergency medical service providers and being immediately adjacent to a non-psychiatric emergency department. The bill requires such psychiatric emergency departments to submit treatment data to the General Assembly on an annual basis by November 1. This bill is identical to SB 738.
Introduced
Jan 16, 2026
Last Action
Mar 10, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 0 co
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
Signed by Speaker
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1318)
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1318ER)
Enrolled
Signed by President
Read third time
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
Rules suspended
Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1318)
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Read third time and passed House (90-Y 7-N 0-A)
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
committee substitute agreed to
Read second time
Read first time
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 1-N 1-A)
Committee substitute printed 26106234D-H1
Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (14-Y 6-N 1-A)
House subcommittee offered
Assigned sub: Behavioral Health
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1318)
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
Presented and ordered printed 26104588D
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Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Rodney T. Willett