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This law was first created in 2003. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 633<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2025, chapter 268<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":60279,"section_number":"30-168","catch_line":"Joint Commission on Health Care; purpose","order_by":null,"url":"\/30-168\/"}],"permalink":{"id":199721,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60175,"identifier":"30-168.3","token":"30\/18\/30-168.3","url":"\/30-168.3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/30-168.3\/","token":"30\/18\/30-168.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Powers and duties of the Commission","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 30-168.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Commission shall have the following powers and duties:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> To study and gather information and data to accomplish its purposes as set forth in § 30-168<\/a>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> To study the operations, management, jurisdiction<\/span>, powers, and interrelationships of any department, board, bureau, commission, authority, or other agency with any direct responsibility for the provision and delivery of health care in the Commonwealth; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> To assess, analyze, and evaluate the social and economic costs and benefits, and other relevant issues<\/span>, of any proposed mandated health insurance benefit or mandated provider that is not included in the essential health benefits required by federal law<\/span> to be provided under a health care plan and report its findings<\/span> with respect to the proposed mandate<\/span> to the Health Insurance Reform Commission; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> To examine matters relating to health care services in other states and to consult and exchange information with officers and agencies of other states with respect to health service problems of mutual concern; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> To maintain offices and hold meetings and functions at any place within the Commonwealth that it deems necessary; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

6.<\/span> To invite other interested parties to sit with the Commission and participate in its deliberations<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

7.<\/span> To appoint a special task force from among the members of the Commission to study and make recommendations on issues<\/span> related to behavioral health care to the full Commission; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

8.<\/span> To report its recommendations to the General Assembly and the Governor annually and to make such interim reports as it deems advisable or as may be required by the General Assembly and the Governor. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOWERS AND DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION (\u00a7 30-168.3)\n\nThe Commission shall have the following powers and duties:\n\n1. To study and gather information and data to accomplish its purposes as set\nforth in § 30-168;\n\n2. To study the operations, management, jurisdiction, powers, and\ninterrelationships of any department, board, bureau, commission, authority, or\nother agency with any direct responsibility for the provision and delivery of\nhealth care in the Commonwealth;\n\n3. To assess, analyze, and evaluate the social and economic costs and benefits,\nand other relevant issues, of any proposed mandated health insurance benefit or\nmandated provider that is not included in the essential health benefits required\nby federal law to be provided under a health care plan and report its findings\nwith respect to the proposed mandate to the Health Insurance Reform Commission;\n\n4. To examine matters relating to health care services in other states and to\nconsult and exchange information with officers and agencies of other states with\nrespect to health service problems of mutual concern;\n\n5. To maintain offices and hold meetings and functions at any place within the\nCommonwealth that it deems necessary;\n\n6. To invite other interested parties to sit with the Commission and participate\nin its deliberations;\n\n7. To appoint a special task force from among the members of the Commission to\nstudy and make recommendations on issues related to behavioral health care to\nthe full Commission; and\n\n8. To report its recommendations to the General Assembly and the Governor\nannually and to make such interim reports as it deems advisable or as may be\nrequired by the General Assembly and the Governor.\n\nHISTORY: 2003, c. 633; 2025, c. 268.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}