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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 HB 1318.
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 (SB738)
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB738ER)
Signed by President
Enrolled
Read third time
Passed House (92-Y 4-N 0-A)
Read second time
Read first time
Reported from Health and Human Services (20-Y 2-N)
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
Placed on Calendar
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB738)
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote)
Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote)
Read second time
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (36-Y 0-N 0-A)
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Rules suspended
Senate committee offered
Committee substitute printed 26106705D-S1
Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
Senate subcommittee offered
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB738)
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Presented and ordered printed 26104945D
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Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Emily M. Jordan