West Virginia 2022 Regular Session Status: In Committee 8 R cosponsors

SB 652 — Requiring hospitals to receive patients transported to them by EMS providers

Last action — Referred to Rules on 2nd reading

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    Passed House of Delegates
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2022 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

19 added · 26 removed

Plain-language change summary

The updated version of Bill SB 652 now specifies that hospitals must accept patients transported by emergency medical services within 60 minutes of their arrival. It removed vague language about "unreasonable delays" in accepting patients and emphasizes the hospital's obligation to provide emergency care immediately. These changes are significant because they aim to ensure timely access to treatment for patients in emergencies, potentially improving patient outcomes and reducing the burden on emergency services.

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Red = new code to be enacted WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION Introduced Senate Bill 652 By Senators Woodrum, Boley, Clements, Grady, Karnes, Phillips, Roberts, Stover, Sypolt, Trump, Martin, Hamilton, and Smith [Introduced February 16, 2022;
Red = new code to be enacted WEST virginia legislature regular session Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 652 By Senators Woodrum, Boley, Clements, Grady, Karnes, Phillips, Roberts, Stover, Sypolt, Trump, Martin, Hamilton, Smith, and Rucker [Originating in the Committee on Health and Human Resources;
referred to the Committee on Health and Human Resources] A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §16-5B-20, relating to prohibiting hospitals from refusing to receive and delaying the reception of patients presented by emergency medical services;
reported on February 25, 2022]     A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §16-5B-20, relating to prohibiting hospitals from refusing to receive and delaying the reception of patients presented by emergency medical services;
No hospital licensed under this article shall refuse to receive, refuse to treat, or unreasonably delay the receipt of a patient when transported and presented to the hospital by an emergency medical services provider.
No hospital licensed under this article shall refuse to receive, treat, or delay the receipt of a patient when transported and presented to the hospital by an emergency medical services provider.
When a patient is presented to the emergency department of a hospital, the hospital shall accept and receive the patient promptly and relieve the emergency medical service of any further obligation to treat or provide care to the patient.
When a patient is presented to the emergency department of a hospital, the hospital shall accept and receive the patient within 60 minutes of arrival in the emergency department and relieve the emergency medical service of any further obligation to treat or provide care to the patient.
The hospital shall, at a minimum, provide emergency care to the patient until he or she may be placed at a suitable in-patient health care facility or until the patient may be safely released from inpatient care.
The hospital shall, at a minimum, provide emergency care to the patient until he or she may be placed at a suitable in-patient health care facility or until the patient may be safely released from in-patient care.
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The purpose of this bill is to require hospitals to promptly receive patients transported to them by EMS providers.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
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Action History

  1. Referred to Rules on 2nd reading

  2. On 2nd reading

  3. Read 1st time

  4. On 1st reading

  5. Committee substitute reported

  6. To Health and Human Resources

  7. Introduced in Senate

  8. To Health and Human Resources

  9. Filed for introduction

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1 sponsors · 13 co-sponsors · 138 not signed on

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Co-sponsors (13)

Not signed on (138)

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 652?
SB 652 is sponsored by Patricia Rucker (Republican), Bill Hamilton (Republican), Trump, Sypolt, Stover, Rollan A. Roberts (Republican), Phillips, Karnes, Amy Grady (Republican), Charles H. Clements (Republican), Boley, Jack Woodrum (Republican), Patrick Martin (Republican), and Randy E. Smith (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 652?
This bill died with 2022 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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