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Virginia lawmakers have introduced legislation to protect patients from delays in receiving lab and pathology results.
Background: Sponsored by Asm. Destiny Bolling (D-Henrico) and Sen. Kannan Srinivasan (D-Loudon), House Bill 424 and Senate Bill 745 ensure that health carriers cannot restrict in-network providers from referring specimens or patients to any qualified laboratory or pathology service.
If passed, the legislation would remove unnecessary barriers, allowing patients to receive timely care.
The Virginia Society for Pathology (VSP) is leading efforts to support the bill.
"This bill will allow Virginia patients access to laboratories and pathologist expertise within their own communities and hospitals, supporting timely, high-quality results and holistic, patient-centered care," said VSP President Emerald O’Sullivan-Mejia, MD, FCAP.
Go deeper: The CAP also supports the bill. Read the VSP-CAP full statement.