Hospitals; psychiatric emergency departments. Allows hospitals with psychiatric emergency departments located in the City of Hampton to operate without a physician on duty when certain conditions are met, including having written agreements in place with emergency medical service providers and being immediately adjacent to a non-psychiatric emergency department. The bill requires such psychiatric emergency departments to submit treatment data to the General Assembly on an annual basis by November 1. This bill is identical to SB 738.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 32.1-127
Health and Human Services Substitute: 32.1-127
Behavioral Health Subcommittee Substitute: 32.1-127
Enrolled: 32.1-127