VA SB 1211

Title: Eastern Va. Medical School; merger with ODU, directs institutions to provide deliverables.
Author: L. Louise Lucas

Summary
Eastern Virginia Medical School; establishment of Eastern Virginia Health Sciences Center at Old Dominion University. Affirms that the General Assembly is committed in concept to the merger between Eastern Virginia Medical School and Old Dominion University by designating the schools and divisions previously existing as Eastern Virginia Medical School and such other academic units of Old Dominion University related to the health sciences as may be identified by the Old Dominion University Board of Visitors. The bill directs Eastern Virginia Medical School and Old Dominion University to provide to the Governor and the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Education and Health, the House Committee on Appropriations, and the House Committee on Health, Welfare, and Institutions by August 1, 2023 several deliverables enumerated in the bill relating to strategic and financial plans for funding, matrices for measuring improved health care and community outcomes in the surrounding areas resulting from the merger and for distributing positions and costs by appropriate fund sources, and a governing model that aligns all parties necessary to ensure a successful outcome. The bill provides that upon written approval of such deliverables by the Governor and the Chairmen of the relevant Committees, Old Dominion University and Eastern Virginia Medical School shall initiate the necessary next steps to move forward with the merger and establish the Eastern Virginia Health Sciences Center at Old Dominion University.

Status
House: Conference report agreed to by House (92-Y 0-N)

Bill Documents
VA SB 1211 - Committee substitute printed 23106710D-H1
2023-01-10 - VA SB 1211 (Committee substitute printed 23106710D-H1)