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NEWS RELEASES HELPFUL LINKS Introduced Version « Senate Bill 652 History OTHER VERSIONS  —  Committee Substitute (1)  |   |  Email Key:
NEWS RELEASES HELPFUL LINKS SB652 SUB1 « Senate Bill 652 History OTHER VERSIONS  —  Introduced Version  |   |  Email Key:
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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