HB 2457 Virginia House of Delegates · 2019 Regular Session

Medicine, osteopathy, podiatry, or chiropractic, practitioners of; inactive license, charity care.

Summary
Provides that the Board of Medicine may issue a retiree license to any doctor of medicine, osteopathy, podiatry, or chiropractic who holds an active, unrestricted license to practice in the Commonwealth upon receipt of a request and submission of the required fee. The bill provides that a person to whom a retiree license has been issued shall not be required to meet continuing competency requirements for the first biennial renewal of such license. The bill also provides that a person to whom a retiree license has been issued shall only engage in the practice of medicine, osteopathy, podiatry, or chiropractic for the purpose of providing charity care or health care services to patients in their residence for whom travel is a barrier to receiving health care.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Mar 2019
Introduced Jan 9, 2019 Signed Mar 14, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 15, 2019

How they voted

340
Passed
Total votes 34
Feb 15, 2019
D Democratic15
15 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
26
Key actions
7
Committee
7
Amendments
3
Mar 14, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 379 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 19, 2019
Introduced
Senate amendments agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 18, 2019
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Feb 18, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
upper
Feb 18, 2019
Introduced
Reading of amendments waived
upper
Feb 15, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (34-0)
senate
Feb 8, 2019
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
upper
Feb 5, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 1, 2019
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2457H1
lower
Feb 1, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19105633D-H1
lower
Jan 16, 2019
Committee
Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Jan 9, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
lower
Jan 9, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103907D
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

Sponsors