HEALTHCARE
OPPOSE – CALL TO ACTION
OPPOSE: HB1724 – Medicinal Price Setting
STATUS: This bill is on the House Second Reading Calendar today, 1/30. It is expected to be on the House Third Reading Calendar TOMORROW, 1/31, and receive a floor vote.
This bill would create a Prescription Drug Affordability Board. Under this proposed legislation, the Board will be given authority to limit drug payment amounts and reimbursements to an upper payment limit amount for state sponsored and state regulated health plans, directly opposed to free market principles.
- To see bill text and info: Click HERE
Find your Delegate’s contact information HERE and ask them to VOTE NO on HB1724!
SUPPORT – CALL TO ACTION
SUPPORT: HB2119 – Medical Desert Healthcare Access and Expedited Review
STATUS: This bill is on the agenda of the House Health and Human Services Committee, THIS MORNING, 1/30 in House Committee Room C – 206.
This bill creates a process for expedited certificate of public need review in medical desert areas, defined as locations with no healthcare facility within 15-30 miles, less than one primary care physician per 3,500 residents, high poverty rates, or federal Health Professional Shortage Area designation. The Commissioner must issue determinations within 120 days of application submission, streamlining approval processes to expand healthcare access in underserved communities.
- To see bill text and info: Click HERE
Please contact these Delegates immediately and ask them to VOTE YES on HB2119
| House Health and Human Services | District | Phone | |
| Chair: Delegate Mark D. Sickles(D) | 17 | (804) 698-1017 | DelMSickles@house.virginia.gov |
| Vice Chair: Delegate Kathy K.L. Tran(D) | 18 | (804) 698-1018 | DelKTran@house.virginia.gov |
| Delegate Mike A. Cherry(R) | 74 | (804) 698-1074 | delmcherry@house.virginia.gov |
| Delegate Joshua G. Cole(D) | 65 | (804) 698-1065 | DelJCole@house.virginia.gov |
| Delegate N. Baxter Ennis(R) | 89 | (804) 698-1089 | DelBEnnis@house.virginia.gov |
| Delegate Debra D. Gardner(D) | 76 | (804) 698-1076 | DelDGardner@house.virginia.gov |
| Delegate C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr.(D) | 91 | (804) 698-1091 | DelCHayes@house.virginia.gov |
| Delegate Rozia A. Henson, Jr.(D) | 19 | (804) 698-1019 | DelRHenson@house.virginia.gov |
| Delegate Charniele L. Herring(D) | 4 | (804) 698-1004 | DelCHerring@house.virginia.gov |
| Delegate Geary Higgins(R) | 30 | (804) 698-1030 | DelGHiggins@house.virginia.gov |
| Delegate M. Keith Hodges(R) | 68 | (804) 698-1068 | DelKHodges@house.virginia.gov |
| Delegate Patrick A. Hope(D) | 1 | (804) 698-1001 | DelPHope@house.virginia.gov |
| Delegate Robert D. Orrock, Sr.(R) | 66 | (804) 698-1066 | DelBOrrock@house.virginia.gov |
| Delegate David Owen(R) | 57 | (804) 698-1057 | DelDOwen@house.virginia.gov |
| Delegate Marcia S. “Cia” Price(D) | 85 | (804) 698-1085 | DelMPrice@house.virginia.gov |
| Delegate Phillip A. Scott(R) | 63 | (804) 698-1063 | delpscott@house.virginia.gov |
| Delegate Irene Shin(D) | 8 | (804) 698-1008 | delishin@house.virginia.gov |
| Delegate Kannan Srinivasan(D) | 26 | (804) 698-1026 | DelKSrinivasan@house.virginia.gov |
| Delegate Kim A. Taylor(R) | 82 | (804) 698-1082 | delktaylor@house.virginia.gov |
| Delegate H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr.(R) | 83 | (804) 698-1083 | delowachsmann@house.virginia.gov |
| Delegate Wendell S. Walker(R) | 52 | (804) 698-1052 | DelWWalker@house.virginia.gov |
| Delegate Rodney T. Willett(D) | 58 | (804) 698-1058 | DelRWillett@house.virginia.gov |
SUPPORT – CALL TO ACTION
SUPPORT: SB1203 – Medical Desert Healthcare Access and Expedited Review
STATUS: This bill is on the agenda of the Senate Education and Health Committee, TODAY AT 8:30AM, 1/30 in Senate Room A, Room 305.
This bill creates a process for expedited certificate of public need review in medical desert areas, defined as locations with no healthcare facility within 15-30 miles, less than one primary care physician per 3,500 residents, high poverty rates, or federal Health Professional Shortage Area designation. The Commissioner must issue determinations within 120 days of application submission, streamlining approval processes to expand healthcare access in underserved communities.
- To see bill text and info: Click HERE
Please contact these Senators immediately and ask them to VOTE YES on SB1203
| Senate Education and Health Committee | District | Phone | |
| Chair: Senator Ghazala F. Hashmi (D) | 15 | (804) 698-7515 | senatorhashmi@senate.virginia.gov |
| Senator Lashrecse D. Aird (D) | 13 | (804) 698-7514 | senatoraird@senate.virginia.gov |
| Senator Lamont Bagby (D) | 14 | (804) 698-1092 | senatorbagby@senate.virginia.gov |
| Senator Jennifer B. Boysko (D) | 38 | (804) 698-7538 | senatorboysko@senate.virginia.gov |
| Senator Christie New Craig (R) | 19 | (804) 698-7519 | senatorcraig@senate.virginia.gov |
| Senator Tara A. Durant (R) | 27 | (804) 698-7527 | senatordurant@senate.virginia.gov |
| Senator Barbara A. Favola (D) | 40 | (804) 698-7540 | senatorfavola@senate.virginia.gov |
| Senator Christopher T. Head (R) | 3 | (804) 698-7503 | senatorhead@senate.virginia.gov |
| Senator Mamie E. Locke (D) | 23 | (804) 698-7523 | senatorlocke@senate.virginia.gov |
| Senator L. Louise Lucas (D) | 18 | (804) 698-7518 | senatorlucas@senate.virginia.gov |
| Senator Mark J. Peake (R) | 8 | (804) 698-7508 | senatorpeake@senate.virginia.gov |
| Senator Stella G. Pekarsky (D) | 36 | (804) 698-7536 | senatorpekarsky@senate.virginia.gov |
| Senator Todd E. Pillion (R) | 6 | (804) 698-7506 | senatorpillion@senate.virginia.gov |
| Senator David R. Suetterlein (R) | 4 | (804) 698-7504 | senatorsuetterlein@senate.virginia.gov |
| Senator Schuyler T. VanValkenburg (D) | 16 | (804) 698-7516 | senatorvanvalkenburg@senate.virginia.gov |
BILL UPDATES – OPPOSE
OPPOSE: HB1552 – Certificate of Public Need Exemption for Critical Hospitals’
STATUS: This bill was on the House Third Reading Calendar yesterday, 1/29 and passed on the House floor. It will now be sent to the Senate to be assigned to a Senate Committee.
This bill would further entrench Virginia in the problems caused by the Certificate of Public Need program. It would allow certain hospitals, defined as critical access hospitals, to receive an exemption from COPN. This interference in the marketplace would cause inequity and continue to allow hospitals to choose winners and losers in the market of medical services.
- To see bill text and info: Click HERE
