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VA HB1318
Bill
Status
Enrolled
3/9/2026
Primary Sponsor
Rodney Willett
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AI Summary
- Requires hospitals with emergency departments to have at least one licensed physician physically present at all times, with specific exceptions for psychiatric emergency departments
- Exempts psychiatric emergency departments co-located immediately adjacent to medical emergency departments with protocols requiring immediate physician response to medical emergencies
- Creates a special exemption for a psychiatric emergency department located in the City of Hampton that only provides psychiatric services, provided it maintains transfer agreements with medical emergency facilities, video consultative services with physicians, and licensed providers with Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support training on duty at all times
- Requires qualifying psychiatric emergency departments to report annually by November 1 to legislative committees on the number of non-psychiatric patients seen, emergency transfers required, and total patients evaluated
- Amends § 32.1-127 of the Code of Virginia relating to hospital regulations and standards
Legislative Description
Hospitals; emergency department physicians.
Last Action
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
3/10/2026
Committee Referrals
Education and Health2/18/2026
Health and Human Services: Behavioral Health1/23/2026
Health and Human Services1/16/2026
Full Bill Text
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