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Delegate Benjamin L. Cline

Delegate Benjamin L. Cline, Chairman of the Joint Commission on Health Care (JCHC) welcomes you to the JCHC website. The JCHC was established as a standing commission of the Virginia General Assembly in 1992. JCHC seeks through its research, recommendations, and legislative actions to "ensure that the Commonwealth as provider, financier, and regulator adopts the most cost-effective and efficacious means of delivery of health care services so that the greatest number of Virginians receive quality health care." (Code of Virginia §§ 30-168 through 170)

JCHC Legislation for the 2012 Session

Electronic Log for Purchases of Products Containing Ephedrine

House Bill 1161 - Delegate Benjamin L. Cline
Senate Bill 294 -  Senator L. Louise Lucas
Amend Code of Virginia § 18.2-248.8 to require that the log regarding sale of products containing ephedrine be kept by a State-level law enforcement agency in electronic format.

All-Payer Claims Database

House Bill 343 -  Delegate John M. O’Bannon, Jr.
Senate Bill 135 - Senator Linda T. Puller
Amend Code of Virginia Title 32.1, Chapter 7.2 to expand health data collected in order to develop an All-Payer Claims Database.
Change in Vital Records Policy

House Bill 272 - Delegate Christopher K. Peace
Amend Code of Virginia § 32.1-271(D) to change the time period that marriage, divorce, annulment, and death records in the custody of the State Registrar may become public information to 25 years.
Change in Vital Records Policy

Senate Bill 309 - Senator Harry B. Blevins
Amend Code of Virginia § 32.1-271(D) to change the time period that marriage, divorce, and annulment records in the custody of the State Registrar may become public information to 25 years.
Change in Vital Records Policy

Senate Bill 310 - Senator Harry B. Blevins
Amend Code of Virginia § 32.1-271(D) to change the time period that death records in the custody of the State Registrar may become public information to 25 years.
Shaken Baby Awareness Week

House Joint Resolution 128 - Delegate Robert H. Brink
Establish the third week of April as Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week in Virginia.