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Childbirth; postpartum process. Requires health care facilities providing services related to labor and childbirth to develop policies to (i) allow every birthing person to have a companion or doula with the person during birth in addition to a partner or spouse; (ii) at the discretion of the treating physician, allow every birthing person to have a companion or doula with the person during birth when a partner or spouse is not permitted to be present; (iii) prioritize newborns bonding with their families in order to facilitate the postpartum process; (iv) prohibit excluding from care any person giving birth or prohibit interrupting the process of birth without the informed consent of the birthing person; (v) detail the facility's process related to receiving a pregnant person's patient information from any provider who has provided care for the pregnant person; (vi) establish processes to transfer and receive pregnant persons across levels of care of licensed facilities within the facility's capacity and capability; and (vii) establish a process to receive individuals who are pregnant, giving birth, or in the postpartum process from locations other than licensed facilities.
Introduced
Jan 13, 2025
Last Action
Mar 24, 2025
Session
VA 2025
Sponsors
1 primary · 5 co
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0589)
Approved by Governor-Chapter 589 (Effective 07/01/25)
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 5, 2025
Signed by President
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1384ER)
Signed by Speaker
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1384)
Enrolled
Read third time
Passed House (97-Y 0-N)
Read second time
Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
Read first time
Placed on Calendar
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
Assigned sub: Health
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
Rules suspended
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
Education and Health Substitute agreed to
Reading of substitute waived
Read second time
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1384)
Passed by for the day
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)
Rules suspended
Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
Committee substitute printed 25106301D-S1
Assigned Education sub: Health
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25103704D
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Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0589)
Jennifer D. Carroll Foy
Mamie E. Locke
Angelia Williams Graves
Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker
Marcia S. "Cia" Price