CHAPTER 929
An Act to require the Commissioner of Social Services to convene a work group to develop a plan for licensure of prescribed pediatric extended care centers in the Commonwealth; report.
[H 1719]
Approved April 9, 2020
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. § 1. That the Commissioner of Social Services (the Commissioner) shall establish a work group, which shall include representatives of the Departments of Health Professions, Medical Assistance Services, and Social Services, pediatric health care providers, and such other stakeholders as the Commissioner may deem appropriate, to develop a plan for the licensure of prescribed pediatric extended care centers in the Commonwealth. Such plan shall include provisions for the construction, maintenance, operation, staffing, and management of prescribed pediatric extended care centers and the nature and scope of services to be provided by prescribed pediatric extended care centers in the Commonwealth. The work group shall report the plan to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by November 1, 2020.