SB 655

            
2020 SESSION

20100740D

SENATE BILL NO. 655


Offered January 8, 2020


Prefiled January 7, 2020

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section 
 numbered 30-19.1:7.1, relating to General Assembly consideration of bills that 
 create immunity from civil liability for physical injuries or death caused to a 
 person; appropriation for the provision of medical assistance services 
 required.
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Patron-- Surovell

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Referred to Committee on Rules

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 
 
 
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section 
 numbered 30-19.1:7.1 as follows: 
 
 
� 30-19.1:7.1. Consideration 
 of bills that create immunity 
 from civil liability for physical injuries or death 
 caused to a person.
 
 
A. No bill 
 that creates immunity, in whole or in part, from civil 
 liability for physical 
 injuries or death caused to a person shall be 
 considered by the General Assembly unless such bill 
 contains a final enactment 
 clause appropriating $50,000 to the Department of 
 Medical Assistance Services to be used for the 
 provision of medical assistance services.
 
 
B. For each bill that 
 creates immunity from civil liability for physical injuries or death caused to 
 a person, the Department of Planning and Budget, in 
 conjunction with other state agencies, shall ensure that the fiscal impact 
 statement prepared for 
 the bill states that the bill creates immunity from civil liability 
 for physical injuries or death caused to a person. The agency that prepared such fiscal 
 impact statement shall forward copies of the same to the 
 Clerk of the House of Delegates and the Clerk of the Senate for transmittal to the patron of 
 the legislation and to the chairman of 
 each committee and subcommittee of the General Assembly to which the 
 bill is referred for consideration.