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SB 1598 — Corrections, Board of; minimum standards for health care services in local correctional facilities.
Last action — Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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3Passed Senate
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4Passed House of Delegates
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 2019 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” 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.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
Summary
Authorizes the Board of Corrections (Board) to establish, with the advice of and guidance from the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and the State Health Commissioner, minimum standards for health care services in local, regional, and community correctional facilities. The bill provides that such standards shall include (i) requirements for medical, dental, and pharmaceutical services, (ii) requirements for behavioral health care services, (iii) a requirement that each facility submit a standardized quarterly continuous quality improvement report, and (iv) provisions for the enforcement of such standards.
Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
24 added · 31 removedPlain-language change summary
The latest update to Bill SB 1598 introduces specific minimum standards for health care services in correctional facilities, ensuring that these facilities report their performance on a quarterly basis. This requirement for standardized reports is mandatory and aims to improve accountability and transparency in the delivery of health care to inmates. Additionally, facilities accredited by certain national organizations may be considered as meeting these standards automatically, which could streamline compliance while still maintaining care quality. Overall, these changes are significant as they aim to enhance health care services and oversight within correctional environments.
SESSION history | hilite | pdf | print version 19105571D19106791D SENATE BILL NO.
1598 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the SenateHouse Committee on FinanceHealth, Welfare and Institutions on JanuaryFebruary 31,12, 2019) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator Dunnavant) A BILL to amend and reenact § 53.1-5 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Board of Corrections;
To establish minimum standards for health care servicesservices, including medical, dental, pharmaceutical, and behavioral health services, in local, regional, and community correctional facilities,facilities and procedures for enforcing such minimum standards, with the advice of and guidance from the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and the State Health Commissioner or their designees,designees. which shall include:
a.Such minimum standards shall require that each local, regional, and community correctional facility submit a standardized quarterly continuous quality improvement report documenting the delivery of health care services, along with any improvements made to those services, to the Board.
RequirementsThe forBoard medical,shall dental,make andsuch pharmaceuticalreports servicesavailable into local,the regional,public andon communityits correctionalwebsite. facilities;
b.The Board may determine that any local, regional, or community correctional facility that is accredited by the American Correctional Association or National Commission on Correctional Health Care meets such minimum standards solely on the basis of such facility's accreditation status;
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A requirement that each local, regional, and community correctional facility submit to the Board standardized quarterly continuous quality improvement reports, containing such data and information related to the delivery of health care services in the local, regional, or community correctional facility as the Board shall deem appropriate, along with any improvements made to those services, and make such reports available to the public on a website maintained by the local, regional, or community correctional facility;
and d.
Provisions for enforcement of such standards, which shall include provisions for accepting accreditation of a local, regional, or community correctional facility by the American Correctional Association or National Commission on Correctional Health Care as evidence that the local, regional, or correctional facility meets the minimum standards of the Board established pursuant to subdivisions a and b;
View plain text versions (3)
- Committee Substitute House: Committee substitute printed 19106791D-H1 Current html February 12, 2019
- Committee Substitute Senate: Committee substitute printed 19105571D-S1 html January 31, 2019
- Prefiled Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101422D html January 09, 2019
Action History
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Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
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Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1598H1
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Committee substitute agreed to 19106791D-H1
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Read third time
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Read second time
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Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
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Read first time
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Placed on Calendar
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Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1598S1
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Committee substitute agreed to 19105571D-S1
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Reading of substitute waived
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Read second time
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Rereferred to Finance
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Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
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Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101422D
Sponsors
- Siobhan S. Dunnavant · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 147 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (147)
147 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 147 →"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.
Votes
Roll call published as PDF — view source.
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (22)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Helsel | — | Yea |
| Peace | — | Yea |
| Pogge | — | Yea |
| Bell, Richard P. | — | Yea |
| Stolle | — | Yea |
| James | — | Yea |
| Rodman | — | Yea |
| Aird, Lashrecse D. | — | Yea |
| Bell, Robert B. | — | Yea |
| C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. | — | Yea |
| Christopher T. Head | — | Yea |
| Edmunds, James E., II | — | Yea |
| Karrie K. Delaney | — | Yea |
| Levine, Mark H. | — | Yea |
| M. Keith Hodges | — | Yea |
| Marcia S. "Cia" Price | — | Yea |
| Orrock, Robert D., Sr. | — | Yea |
| Patrick A. Hope | — | Yea |
| Robinson, Roxann L. | — | Yea |
| Sam Rasoul | — | Yea |
| Sickles, Mark D. | — | Yea |
| Thomas A. Garrett, Jr. | — | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (40)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Barker | — | Yea |
| Black | — | Yea |
| Chafin | — | Yea |
| Cosgrove | — | Yea |
| Dance | — | Yea |
| Norment | — | Yea |
| Petersen | — | Yea |
| Wagner | — | Yea |
| Howell | — | Yea |
| Mason | — | Yea |
| McClellan | — | Yea |
| Spruill | — | Yea |
| Carrico | — | Yea |
| Chase | — | Yea |
| Dunnavant | — | Yea |
| Edwards | — | Yea |
| Hanger | — | Yea |
| Lewis | — | Yea |
| Newman | — | Yea |
| Ruff | — | Yea |
| Saslaw | — | Yea |
| Vogel | — | Yea |
| Adam P. Ebbin | — | Yea |
| Barbara A. Favola | — | Yea |
| Bill DeSteph | — | Yea |
| Bryce E. Reeves | — | Yea |
| David R. Suetterlein | — | Yea |
| David W. Marsden | — | Yea |
| Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. | — | Yea |
| Jennifer B. Boysko | — | Yea |
| Jeremy S. McPike | — | Yea |
| L. Louise Lucas | — | Yea |
| Mamie E. Locke | — | Yea |
| Mark D. Obenshain | — | Yea |
| Mark J. Peake | — | Yea |
| R. Creigh Deeds | — | Yea |
| Richard H. Stuart | — | Yea |
| Ryan T. McDougle | — | Yea |
| Scott A. Surovell | — | Yea |
| William M. Stanley, Jr. | — | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (40)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Barker | — | Yea |
| Black | — | Yea |
| Dance | — | Yea |
| Hanger | — | Yea |
| Norment | — | Yea |
| Newman | — | Yea |
| Petersen | — | Yea |
| Ruff | — | Yea |
| Howell | — | Yea |
| Mason | — | Yea |
| McClellan | — | Yea |
| Spruill | — | Yea |
| Carrico | — | Yea |
| Chafin | — | Yea |
| Chase | — | Yea |
| Cosgrove | — | Yea |
| Dunnavant | — | Yea |
| Edwards | — | Yea |
| Lewis | — | Yea |
| Saslaw | — | Yea |
| Vogel | — | Yea |
| Wagner | — | Yea |
| Adam P. Ebbin | — | Yea |
| Barbara A. Favola | — | Yea |
| Bill DeSteph | — | Yea |
| Bryce E. Reeves | — | Yea |
| David R. Suetterlein | — | Yea |
| David W. Marsden | — | Yea |
| Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. | — | Yea |
| Jennifer B. Boysko | — | Yea |
| Jeremy S. McPike | — | Yea |
| L. Louise Lucas | — | Yea |
| Mamie E. Locke | — | Yea |
| Mark D. Obenshain | — | Yea |
| Mark J. Peake | — | Yea |
| R. Creigh Deeds | — | Yea |
| Richard H. Stuart | — | Yea |
| Ryan T. McDougle | — | Yea |
| Scott A. Surovell | — | Yea |
| William M. Stanley, Jr. | — | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (40)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Barker | — | Yea |
| Black | — | Yea |
| Carrico | — | Yea |
| Chafin | — | Yea |
| Dance | — | Yea |
| Hanger | — | Yea |
| Norment | — | Yea |
| Petersen | — | Yea |
| Howell | — | Yea |
| Mason | — | Yea |
| McClellan | — | Yea |
| Spruill | — | Yea |
| Chase | — | Yea |
| Cosgrove | — | Yea |
| Dunnavant | — | Yea |
| Edwards | — | Yea |
| Lewis | — | Yea |
| Newman | — | Yea |
| Ruff | — | Yea |
| Saslaw | — | Yea |
| Vogel | — | Yea |
| Wagner | — | Yea |
| Adam P. Ebbin | — | Yea |
| Barbara A. Favola | — | Yea |
| Bill DeSteph | — | Yea |
| Bryce E. Reeves | — | Yea |
| David R. Suetterlein | — | Yea |
| David W. Marsden | — | Yea |
| Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. | — | Yea |
| Jennifer B. Boysko | — | Yea |
| Jeremy S. McPike | — | Yea |
| L. Louise Lucas | — | Yea |
| Mamie E. Locke | — | Yea |
| Mark D. Obenshain | — | Yea |
| Mark J. Peake | — | Yea |
| R. Creigh Deeds | — | Yea |
| Richard H. Stuart | — | Yea |
| Ryan T. McDougle | — | Yea |
| Scott A. Surovell | — | Yea |
| William M. Stanley, Jr. | — | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (16)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Barker | — | Yea |
| Carrico | — | Yea |
| Hanger | — | Yea |
| Vogel | — | Yea |
| Howell | — | Yea |
| Dance | — | Yea |
| Dunnavant | — | Yea |
| Newman | — | Yea |
| Norment | — | Yea |
| Ruff | — | Yea |
| Saslaw | — | Yea |
| Wagner | — | Yea |
| L. Louise Lucas | — | Yea |
| Mark D. Obenshain | — | Yea |
| Richard H. Stuart | — | Yea |
| Ryan T. McDougle | — | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (14)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Black | — | Yea |
| Chafin | — | Yea |
| Cosgrove | — | Yea |
| Hanger | — | Yea |
| Wagner | — | Yea |
| Spruill | — | Yea |
| Mason | — | Yea |
| Barbara A. Favola | — | Yea |
| Bill DeSteph | — | Yea |
| Bryce E. Reeves | — | Yea |
| Jeremy S. McPike | — | Yea |
| Mamie E. Locke | — | Yea |
| Ryan T. McDougle | — | Yea |
| Scott A. Surovell | — | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does SB 1598 do?
- Authorizes the Board of Corrections (Board) to establish, with the advice of and guidance from the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and the State Health Commissioner, minimum standards for health care services in local, regional, and community correctional facilities. The bill provides that such standards shall include (i) requirements for medical, dental, and pharmaceutical services, (ii) requirements for behavioral health care services, (iii) a requirement that each facility submit a standardized quarterly continuous quality improvement report, and (iv) provisions for the enforcement of such standards.
- Who sponsors SB 1598?
- SB 1598 is sponsored by Dunnavant, Siobhan S..
- What is the current status of SB 1598?
- This bill died with 2019 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” 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.
- Where can I track SB 1598?
- Track SB 1598 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.
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