SB398 HFAT Shott 4-4

Delegate Shott moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. Senate Bill No. 398 – A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new article, designated §29-30-1, §29-30-2, §29-30-3, §29-30-4, §29-30-5, §29-30-6, §29-30-7, §29-30-8, §29-30-9, §29-30-10 and §29-30-11, all relating to creating the Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act; defining terms; providing for applicability of the article; regulating the practice of volunteer health practitioners during an emergency; creating a registration system; permitting volunteer health practitioners who are registered with a registration system and licensed and in good standing in the state upon which the practitioner’s registration is based to practice in this state to the extent authorized by the article as if the practitioner were licensed in this state while an emergency declaration is in effect; providing that the provisions of this article do not affect credentialing or privileging standards of a health facility and do not preclude a health facility from waiving or modifying those standards while an emergency declaration is in effect; providing for sanctions; providing for relation to other laws; providing for limitation of liability; and providing for rulemaking by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Resources.

Adopted

Rejected