Health, State Board of, regulations; standards for levels of neonatal care.

Corrected section citations (e.g., § 54.1-2403.1) to ensure proper legal referencing throughout the text.

Clarified ambiguous language in the neonatal care standards section to explicitly state that hospital protocols must be consistent with, but not necessarily identical to, American Academy of Pediatrics criteria.

Updated the header and metadata to reflect the bill's status as an Engrossed version with Senate Amendments dated January 26, 2026, replacing the previous House Substitute status.

Added a new requirement for the Board of Health to promulgate regulations by July 1, 2027, and established a penalty exemption period until July 1, 2029.

Removed the original Section 2 which set a single effective date of July 1, 2029, for the entire act.

Modified the neonatal care standards to allow hospitals to use criteria that are consistent with, but not necessarily identical to, the American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines.

All proposed new regulations regarding organ donation protocols, discharge planning for substance-abusing patients, workplace violence reporting, and security plans were removed.

Provisions allowing nursing home staff to administer cannabis oil and requirements for smoke evacuation systems were removed.

New rules concerning visitation for clergy, rabbi, and priest were removed.

Requirements for hospitals to test for fentanyl and establish protocols for air medical transportation were removed.

The effective date of July 1, 2029, and the section allowing hospitals to operate adult day centers were removed.

The document format changed from a draft bill with committee markings to an official enrolled act, but the operative text was deleted.