States / Virginia / SB 738

SB 738 Enacted

Hospitals; emergency department physicians.

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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 HB 1318.

Chamber
Senate
Introduced
Jan 16, 2026
Last action
Apr 6, 2026 — Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0297)
Session
2026
Momentum
84 · Very high