Virginia SB 287: Statewide Trauma Registry; spinal cord injuries.

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18101902D

SENATE BILL NO. 287 

Offered January 10, 2018 

Prefiled January 8, 2018 

A BILL to amend and reenact � 32.1-116.1 of the Code of 
 Virginia, relating to Statewide Trauma Registry; spinal cord injuries. 
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Patron-- McClellan 

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Referred to Committee on Education and Health 

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That � 32.1-116.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and 
 reenacted as follows:

� 32.1-116.1. Prehospital patient care reporting procedure; 
 trauma registry; confidentiality.

A. In order to collect data on the incidence, severity and 
 cause of trauma, integrate the information available from other state agencies 
 on trauma and improve the delivery of prehospital and hospital emergency 
 medical services, there is hereby established the Emergency Medical Services 
 Patient Care Information System. The Emergency Medical Services Patient Care 
 Information System shall include the Virginia Emergency Medical Services (EMS) 
 Registry and the Virginia Statewide Trauma Registry.

B. All 
 licensed emergency medical services agencies shall participate in the Virginia 
 EMS Registry by making available to the Commissioner or his designees the 
 minimum data set in the format prescribed by the Board or any other format 
 which contain equivalent information and meets any technical specifications of 
 the Board. The minimum data set shall include, but not be limited to, the type 
 of medical emergency or nature of the call, the response time, the treatment 
 provided and other items as prescribed by the Board.

Each licensed emergency medical services agency shall, upon 
 request, disclose the prehospital care report to law-enforcement officials (i) 
 when the patient is the victim of a crime or (ii) when the patient is in the 
 custody of the law-enforcement officials and has received emergency medical 
 services or has refused emergency medical services.

The Commissioner may delegate the responsibility for 
 collection of this data to the Office of Emergency Medical Services personnel 
 or individuals under contract to the Office. The Advisory Board shall assist in 
 the design, implementation, subsequent revisions and analyses of the data from 
 the Virginia EMS Registry.

B. C. All 
 licensed hospitals which render emergency medical services shall participate in 
 the Virginia Statewide Trauma Registry by making available to the Commissioner 
 or his designees abstracts of the records of all patients admitted to the 
 institutions with diagnoses related to trauma. The abstracts shall be submitted 
 in the format prescribed by the Department and shall include the minimum data 
 set prescribed by the Board. Such abstracts shall also be provided to regional 
 emergency medica