West Virginia 2019 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 593 — Permitting critical access hospital become community outpatient medical center

Last action — Chapter 209, Acts, Regular Session, 2019

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House of Delegates
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 12, 2019. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 74% · moderate confidence

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Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 3 sponsors

    1 primary, 2 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

16 added · 22 removed

Plain-language change summary

The updated version of Bill SB 593 clarifies the criteria a hospital in an urban area must meet to be designated as a critical access hospital, particularly emphasizing the requirement for having protocols in place for the timely transfer of patients needing more advanced care. This matters because it ensures that even hospitals in urban areas can offer essential community outpatient services while maintaining the ability to quickly refer patients when necessary. Overall, the revisions aim to improve healthcare access and coordination in these hospitals.

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Red = new code to be enacted WEST virginia legislature regular session Introduced Senate Bill 593 By Senators Maroney, Stollings, and Boso [Introduced February 13, 2019;
Red = new code to be enacted WEST virginia legislature regular session Enrolled Senate Bill 593 By Senators Maroney, Stollings, and Boso [Passed March 1, 2019;
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Resources] A BILL to amend and reenact §16-5B-14 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to permitting a critical access hospital to become a community outpatient medical center;
in effect 90 days from passage] AN ACT to amend and reenact §16-5B-14 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to permitting a critical access hospital to become a community outpatient medical center;
  NOTE:
The purpose of this bill is to permit a critical access hospital to become a community outpatient medical center;
establishing certain conditions and requirements;
and providing for rule-making authority.
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. Chapter 209, Acts, Regular Session, 2019

  2. Approved by Governor 3/25/19

  3. Approved by Governor 3/25/19 - House Journal

  4. Approved by Governor 3/25/19 - Senate Journal

  5. To Governor 3/8/19

  6. To Governor 3/8/19 - House Journal

  7. House Message received

  8. Completed legislative action

  9. Communicated to Senate

  10. Passed House (Roll No. 403)

  11. Read 3rd time

  12. On 3rd reading, Special Calendar

  13. Read 2nd time

  14. On 2nd reading, Special Calendar

  15. Placed on Special Calender

  16. On 2nd reading, House Calendar

  17. From Special Calendar, 2nd reading, placed on House Calendar

  18. On 2nd reading, Special Calendar

  19. Read 1st time

  20. Immediate consideration

  21. Reference dispensed

  22. Introduced in House

  23. Ordered to House

  24. Passed Senate (Roll No. 208)

  25. Read 3rd time

  26. On 3rd reading

  27. Read 2nd time

  28. On 2nd reading

  29. Read 1st time

  30. On 1st reading

  31. Reported do pass

  32. To Health and Human Resources

  33. Introduced in Senate

  34. Filed for introduction

  35. To Health and Human Resources

Sponsors

  • Boso · Cosponsor
  • Stollings · Cosponsor
  • Maroney · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 149 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Maroney

Co-sponsors (2)

  • Boso
  • Stollings

Not signed on (149)

149 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

PASSAGE

Passed 96 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 24000
Unaffiliated 67004
Democrat 5000
Total 96004
% of votes cast 96%0%0%4%
How each member voted (100)
Member Party Vote
Evans — Yea
Foster — Yea
Brown, N. — Yea
Sypolt — Yea
Hartman — Yea
Maynard — Yea
Thompson, C. — Yea
Thompson, R. — Yea
Tomblin — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Walker — Yea
Phillips — Yea
Diserio — Yea
Bates — Yea
Bibby — Yea
Byrd — Yea
Canestraro — Yea
Capito — Yea
Cowles — Yea
Fast — Yea
Graves — Yea
Hanna — Yea
Harshbarger — Yea
Hicks — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hollen — Yea
Householder — Yea
Kump — Yea
Lavender-Bowe — Yea
Longstreth — Yea
Lovejoy — Yea
Mandt — Yea
Paynter — Yea
Pethtel — Yea
Shott — Yea
Skaff — Yea
Sponaugle — Yea
Storch — Yea
Swartzmiller — Yea
Waxman — Yea
Westfall — Yea
Jeffries, J. — Yea
Brown, S. — Not Voting
Espinosa — Yea
Porterfield — Not Voting
Pyles — Yea
Rodighiero — Not Voting
Wilson — Yea
Zukoff — Yea
Angelucci — Yea
Atkinson — Yea
Boggs — Yea
Cadle — Yea
Caputo — Yea
Doyle — Yea
Estep-Burton — Yea
Fleischauer — Yea
Hamrick — Yea
Hardy — Yea
Higginbotham — Yea
Kessinger — Yea
Linville — Yea
Malcolm — Yea
Miley — Not Voting
Pack — Yea
Robinson — Yea
Rowan — Yea
Rowe — Yea
Staggers — Yea
Steele — Yea
Summers — Yea
Evan Hansen Democrat Yea
John Williams Democrat Yea
Mike Pushkin Democrat Yea
Sean Hornbuckle Democrat Yea
Shawn Fluharty Democrat Yea
Ben Queen Republican Yea
Betsy Kelly Republican Yea
Betsy Kelly Republican Yea
Carl Martin Republican Yea
Christopher W. Toney Republican Yea
D. Rolland Jennings Republican Yea
Dean Jeffries Republican Yea
Evan Worrell Republican Yea
Gary G. Howell Republican Yea
George Miller Republican Yea
Jason Barrett Republican Yea
Jeff Campbell Republican Yea
Jim Butler Republican Yea
Joe Ellington Republican Yea
John Paul Hott Republican Yea
Mark Dean Republican Yea
Matthew Rohrbach Republican Yea
Mike Azinger Republican Yea
Pat McGeehan Republican Yea
Patrick Martin Republican Yea
Roger Hanshaw Republican Yea
Roy Cooper Republican Yea
Vernon Criss Republican Yea
William Anderson Republican Yea

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Passage

Passed 32 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 2000
Unaffiliated 30002
Total 32002
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (34)
Member Party Vote
JEFFRIES — Yea
SMITH — Yea
BALDWIN — Yea
LINDSAY — Yea
STOLLINGS — Yea
BEACH — Yea
MANN — Not Voting
SWOPE — Yea
BLAIR — Yea
MARONEY — Yea
SYPOLT — Yea
BOLEY — Not Voting
MAYNARD — Yea
TAKUBO — Yea
BOSO — Yea
PALUMBO — Yea
TARR — Yea
PLYMALE — Yea
TRUMP — Yea
CLINE — Yea
PREZIOSO — Yea
UNGER — Yea
FACEMIRE — Yea
ROBERTS — Yea
WELD — Yea
HAMILTON — Yea
ROMANO — Yea
WOELFEL — Yea
HARDESTY — Yea
RUCKER — Yea
MR PRESIDENT — Yea
IHLENFELD — Yea
Charles H. Clements Republican Yea
Mike Azinger Republican Yea

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Subjects

healthcare health-insurance
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SB 593 is sponsored by Boso, Stollings, and Maroney.
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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 12, 2019. Enacted.
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