Busy Week at the General Assembly MSV is hard at work fighting for the practice of medicine at the General Assembly. The medical student section has been active visiting with legislators all week and there was an impressive turnout of doctors at the hearing for HB 793. Keep your voices loud and encourage your colleagues to do the same. Get the status of legislative bills and other information on Virginia's Legislative Information System. Physician Assistants with a credential of "Doctor". Scope of Practice HB 793 (Delegate Roxann Robinson - Midlothian) MSV in Action | The MSV GA team is actively This bill would create a path to independent practice working to kill this bill. The bill will be heard this for nurse practitioners after meeting certain Thursday in the Senate Education and Health requirements. Committee. MSV in Action | Physicians from MSV, VAFP, VSA, Malpractice Liability RAM, VACEP, AAP-VA, VSEPS, and PSV and the MSV student section provided a strong presence and HB 323 Personal injury; loss of consortium claims testimony in opposition HB 793. The MSV GA team by certain relatives (Delegate Jeffrey Campbell - and Del. Scott Garrett were able to change the bill to Marion) include more safeguards, but we need your help to keep adequate clinical experience as a licensure Legislation was filed that would expand tort laws requirement for nurse practitioners. For a full recap of the hearing and substitution, visit our website. 1 Click meaning anytime there would be a catastrophic here to send a pre-drafted message to your legislator. personal injury case, the family member taking care of Type your name, hit send. 2 Show up next Tuesday the patient could make their own claims. Those claims at the house committtee hearing for HB 793. Be there at 9 a.m. Location: Pocahontas Building, House would not be subject to the malpractice action cap. Committee Room W011 This creates unlimited liability. The repercussions would result in an increase in malpractice premiums Doctor of Medical Science, licensure & practice; SB 505 (Senator Bill Carrico - Galax) Legislation or the physician would have to take out another policy has been filed that would create a new level of to cover these potential claims. licensure for Physician Assistants that graduate from a Doctor of Medical Science program. This level of MSV in Action | Thank you for contacting your licensure would establish an advanced level above legislators about this bill. This bill has died. Health Care Reform condition of licensure. The bill will be heard in House Certificate of Public Need (COPN) continues to be a Commerce and Labor subcommittee #2 Tuesday, primary issue in 2018. MSV will support statewide February 6. comprehensive reform that defines a permitting process for COPN. Other Issues Prior Authorization - SB 731 (Senator Siobhan MSV in Action | This week all remaining House Dunnavant - Henrico) This bill was a measure to COPN project bills were heard in the House Health continue reforming prior authorization from processes Welfare and Institutions committee on Thursday, that had been established in 2015. February. Two of the COPN project bills have died - HB 759 (Head) and HB 918 (Landes) have died. HB Step Therapy - SB 574 (Senator Bill Desteph - Va. 611 (Habeeb): this bill would provide issuance for a Beach), HB 386 (Delegate Glenn Davis - Va. new neonatal care service in Planning District 5 and Beach) These bills would reform the Step Therapy HB 1101 (Stolle): this bill administratively reforms process by modifying protocols. HB 1158 reported existing items of the COPN process - passed out of from Commerce & Labor and will go to the Senate committee and will move to the floor. HB 1211 Finance Committee. HB 386 died in subcommittee on (Robinson): had been previously passed by but was Thursday. heard Friday, February 2, in an ad-hoc meeting and will now be heard at the Health and Welfare MSV in Action | MSV and the Virginia Association of Institutions committee on Tuesday. Health Plans have established a workgroup with other Virginia stakeholders to discuss potential solutions for Physician Lifelong Learning/MOC step therapy and prior authorization. Reform HB 157 (Delegate Sam Rasoul - Roanoke) Credentialing reimbursement - HB 139 (Delegate Legislation has been filed that prohibits hospitals and Chris Head - Roanoke); This bill would reimburse insurance companies from using MOC as a condition physicians during a credentialing application period. of privileges and credentialing. MSV in Action | The bill passed the house on MSV in Action | MSV is leading Virginia decision- Wednesday, January 31 and will move to the Senate. makers to develop solutions to reform MOC and keep physicians in charge of their education and career. Averted Legislation Victories The MSV GA team has secured favorable changes that include: Hospital physicians would have the Death Certificates; Medical Certification Portion authority to approve what education is required for Shall be filed Electronically - SB 357 (Senator hospital credentialing; health plans cannot use MOC Jennifer McClellan - Richmond); This bill would as a condition of participation and reimbursement; have required physicians to use the Electronic Death and the Commonwealth cannot use MOC as a Registration System (EDRS) to file death certificates. .