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To accomplish this goal, the Commissioner shall contact Eastern Virginia Health Sciences Center at Old Dominion University and its participating hospitals, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, the University of Virginia School of Medicine, the University of Virginia Health System, and other entities located in Virginia, such as hospitals and hospital systems, biotechnology companies, regional blood banks, laboratories, or other health care providers or medical researchers, or local coalitions of health care providers that could provide coverage of the various geographical regions of Virginia, to request their participation in the Initiative consortium and assist in the design and implementation of the Initiative.D\n\nAny nonprofit entity having an arrangement or contract with the Commissioner for the development of the Initiative and any medical school, hospital, or other health care provider choosing to participate in the Initiative shall submit an estimate of the costs of implementing the Initiative for the region in which it is located. The Commissioner shall assist in the development of the cost estimates, compare and evaluate such estimates, and negotiate with the various entities to implement the Initiative.\n\t\t\tFurther, the Commissioner shall coordinate (i) appropriate contact with pregnant women to provide information about umbilical cord blood donations; (ii) the development of procedures for obtaining informed consent for cord blood donations; (iii) the design of the Initiative, including the period of years for storage of the cord blood to ensure the integrity of the cells; (iv) a system for recycling the blood at the end of the established storage period that provides for the sale or transfer of the cord blood samples being taken out of storage to be used in basic or clinical research development at reasonable rates and fees for cord blood products.E\n\nThe entities joining the Initiative shall work collaboratively, each with the community resources in its local or regional area. The Initiative participants shall align their outreach programs and activities to all geographic areas and ethnic and racial groups of the Commonwealth, and shall conduct specific and culturally appropriate outreach and research to identify potential donors among all ethnic and racial groups.F\n\nThe Commissioner shall disseminate information about the Initiative, focusing on hospitals, birthing facilities, physicians, midwives, and nurses, and providing information through local health departments.\n\t\t\tInitiative consortium participants shall also be encouraged to disseminate information about the Initiative.\n\t\t\tIn addition, the Director of the Department of Medical Assistance Services shall include information about the Initiative in printed materials distributed by the Department to recipients of medical assistance services and persons enrolled in the Family Access to Medical Insurance Security Plan.G\n\nAny woman admitted to a hospital or birthing facility for obstetrical services may be offered the opportunity to donate umbilical cord blood to the Initiative. However, no woman shall be required to make a cord blood donation.H\n\nAny health care facility or health care provider receiving financial remuneration for the collection of umbilical cord blood shall, prior to harvesting the umbilical cord blood, disclose this information in writing to any woman postpartum or to the parent of a newborn from whom the umbilical cord blood is to be collected.I\n\nThis section shall not be construed to require participation in the Initiative on the part of any health care facility or health care provider who objects to transfusion or transplantation of blood on the basis of bona fide religious beliefs.J\n\nThe Initiative shall be implemented with such funds as may be appropriated or otherwise provided for its purpose. Upon implementation, the Commissioner shall initiate the development of a nonprofit entity to assume the operation and administration of the Initiative and may seek federal, state, and private grant funds for its continuation.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":247044,"text":"There is hereby established the Virginia Cord Blood Bank Initiative (the Initiative) as a public resource for the treatment of patients with life-threatening diseases or debilitating conditions, for use in advancing basic and clinical research, and, in the event of a terrorist attack, to be used in the treatment of the injured.\n\t\t\tThe Initiative shall be established as a nonprofit legal entity to collect, screen for infectious and genetic diseases, perform tissue typing on, cryopreserve, and store umbilical cord blood as a public resource and shall be formed as a collaborative consortium that covers all geographical regions of Virginia.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":247045,"text":"The State Health Commissioner shall develop or shall arrange for or contract with a nonprofit entity for the development of the collaborative consortium to be known as the Initiative, which may consist of any entity having the expertise or experience or willingness to develop the expertise or experience necessary to participate in the Initiative.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":247046,"text":"In developing the consortium, the Commissioner shall ensure that all geographical areas of the Commonwealth are included in the Initiative. 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This law was first created in 2006. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 636<\/a> and 735<\/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 2 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 2008, chapter 285<\/a>; in 2023, chapters 756<\/a> and 778<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":56666,"section_number":"32.1-69.4","catch_line":"Publication of information regarding cord blood education","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-69.4\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":202263,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68283,"identifier":"32.1-69.3","token":"32.1\/2\/8.2\/32.1-69.3","url":"\/32.1-69.3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-69.3\/","token":"32.1\/2\/8.2\/32.1-69.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Virginia Cord Blood Bank Initiative established","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-69.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> There is hereby established the Virginia Cord Blood Bank Initiative (the Initiative) as a public resource for the treatment of patients with life-threatening diseases or debilitating conditions, for use in advancing basic and clinical research, and, in the event of a terrorist attack, to be used in the treatment of the injured.\n\t\t\tThe Initiative shall be established as a nonprofit legal entity to collect, screen for infectious and genetic diseases, perform tissue typing on, cryopreserve, and store umbilical cord blood as a public resource and shall be formed as a collaborative consortium that covers all geographical regions of Virginia. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The State Health Commissioner<\/span> shall develop or shall arrange for or contract<\/span> with a nonprofit entity for the development of the collaborative consortium to be known as the Initiative, which may consist of any entity having the expertise or experience or willingness to develop the expertise or experience necessary to participate in the Initiative. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> In developing the consortium, the Commissioner<\/span> shall ensure that all geographical areas of the Commonwealth are included in the Initiative. To accomplish this goal, the Commissioner<\/span> shall contact Eastern Virginia Health Sciences Center at Old Dominion University and its participating hospitals, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, the University of Virginia School of Medicine, the University of Virginia Health System, and other entities located in Virginia, such as hospitals and hospital systems, biotechnology companies, regional blood banks, laboratories, or other health care providers or medical researchers, or local coalitions of health care providers that could provide coverage of the various geographical regions of Virginia, to request their participation in the Initiative consortium and assist in the design and implementation of the Initiative. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> Any nonprofit entity having an arrangement or contract<\/span> with the Commissioner<\/span> for the development of the Initiative and any medical school, hospital, or other health care provider choosing to participate in the Initiative shall submit an estimate of the costs of implementing the Initiative for the region in which it is located. The Commissioner<\/span> shall assist in the development of the cost estimates, compare and evaluate such estimates, and negotiate with the various entities to implement the Initiative.\n\t\t\tFurther, the Commissioner<\/span> shall coordinate (i) appropriate contact with pregnant women to provide information about umbilical cord blood donations; (ii) the development of procedures for obtaining informed consent for cord blood donations; (iii) the design of the Initiative, including the period of years for storage of the cord blood to ensure the integrity of the cells; (iv) a system for recycling the blood at the end of the established storage period that provides for the sale or transfer of the cord blood samples being taken out of storage to be used in basic or clinical research development at reasonable rates and fees for cord blood products. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

E.<\/span> The entities joining the Initiative shall work collaboratively, each with the community resources in its local or regional area. The Initiative participants shall align their outreach programs and activities to all geographic areas and ethnic and racial groups of the Commonwealth, and shall conduct specific and culturally appropriate outreach and research to identify potential donors among all ethnic and racial groups. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

F.<\/span> The Commissioner<\/span> shall disseminate information about the Initiative, focusing on hospitals, birthing facilities, physicians, midwives, and nurses, and providing information through local health departments<\/span>.\n\t\t\tInitiative consortium participants shall also be encouraged to disseminate information about the Initiative.\n\t\t\tIn addition, the Director of the Department<\/span> of Medical Assistance Services shall include information about the Initiative in printed materials<\/span> distributed by the Department<\/span> to recipients of medical assistance services and persons<\/span> enrolled in the Family Access to Medical Insurance Security Plan. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

G.<\/span> Any woman admitted to a hospital or birthing facility for obstetrical services may be offered the opportunity to donate umbilical cord blood to the Initiative. However, no woman shall be required to make a cord blood donation. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

H.<\/span> Any health care facility or health care provider receiving financial remuneration for the collection of umbilical cord blood shall, prior to harvesting the umbilical cord blood, disclose this information in writing to any woman postpartum or to the parent of a newborn from whom the umbilical cord blood is to be collected. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

I.<\/span> This section shall not be construed to require participation in the Initiative on the part of any health care facility or health care provider who objects<\/span> to transfusion or transplantation of blood on the basis of bona fide religious beliefs. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

J.<\/span> The Initiative shall be implemented with such funds as may be appropriated or otherwise provided for its purpose. Upon implementation, the Commissioner<\/span> shall initiate the development of a nonprofit entity to assume the operation and administration of the Initiative and may seek federal, state, and private grant funds for its continuation. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVIRGINIA CORD BLOOD BANK INITIATIVE ESTABLISHED (\u00a7 32.1-69.3)\n\nA. There is hereby established the Virginia Cord Blood Bank Initiative (the\nInitiative) as a public resource for the treatment of patients with\nlife-threatening diseases or debilitating conditions, for use in advancing basic\nand clinical research, and, in the event of a terrorist attack, to be used in\nthe treatment of the injured.\n\t\t\tThe Initiative shall be established as a nonprofit legal entity to collect,\nscreen for infectious and genetic diseases, perform tissue typing on,\ncryopreserve, and store umbilical cord blood as a public resource and shall be\nformed as a collaborative consortium that covers all geographical regions of\nVirginia.\n\nB. The State Health Commissioner shall develop or shall arrange for or contract\nwith a nonprofit entity for the development of the collaborative consortium to\nbe known as the Initiative, which may consist of any entity having the expertise\nor experience or willingness to develop the expertise or experience necessary to\nparticipate in the Initiative.\n\nC. In developing the consortium, the Commissioner shall ensure that all\ngeographical areas of the Commonwealth are included in the Initiative. To\naccomplish this goal, the Commissioner shall contact Eastern Virginia Health\nSciences Center at Old Dominion University and its participating hospitals,\nVirginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth\nUniversity Health System, the University of Virginia School of Medicine, the\nUniversity of Virginia Health System, and other entities located in Virginia,\nsuch as hospitals and hospital systems, biotechnology companies, regional blood\nbanks, laboratories, or other health care providers or medical researchers, or\nlocal coalitions of health care providers that could provide coverage of the\nvarious geographical regions of Virginia, to request their participation in the\nInitiative consortium and assist in the design and implementation of the\nInitiative.\n\nD. Any nonprofit entity having an arrangement or contract with the Commissioner\nfor the development of the Initiative and any medical school, hospital, or other\nhealth care provider choosing to participate in the Initiative shall submit an\nestimate of the costs of implementing the Initiative for the region in which it\nis located. The Commissioner shall assist in the development of the cost\nestimates, compare and evaluate such estimates, and negotiate with the various\nentities to implement the Initiative.\n\t\t\tFurther, the Commissioner shall coordinate (i) appropriate contact with\npregnant women to provide information about umbilical cord blood donations; (ii)\nthe development of procedures for obtaining informed consent for cord blood\ndonations; (iii) the design of the Initiative, including the period of years for\nstorage of the cord blood to ensure the integrity of the cells; (iv) a system\nfor recycling the blood at the end of the established storage period that\nprovides for the sale or transfer of the cord blood samples being taken out of\nstorage to be used in basic or clinical research development at reasonable rates\nand fees for cord blood products.\n\nE. The entities joining the Initiative shall work collaboratively, each with the\ncommunity resources in its local or regional area. The Initiative participants\nshall align their outreach programs and activities to all geographic areas and\nethnic and racial groups of the Commonwealth, and shall conduct specific and\nculturally appropriate outreach and research to identify potential donors among\nall ethnic and racial groups.\n\nF. The Commissioner shall disseminate information about the Initiative, focusing\non hospitals, birthing facilities, physicians, midwives, and nurses, and\nproviding information through local health departments.\n\t\t\tInitiative consortium participants shall also be encouraged to disseminate\ninformation about the Initiative.\n\t\t\tIn addition, the Director of the Department of Medical Assistance Services\nshall include information about the Initiative in printed materials distributed\nby the Department to recipients of medical assistance services and persons\nenrolled in the Family Access to Medical Insurance Security Plan.\n\nG. Any woman admitted to a hospital or birthing facility for obstetrical\nservices may be offered the opportunity to donate umbilical cord blood to the\nInitiative. However, no woman shall be required to make a cord blood donation.\n\nH. Any health care facility or health care provider receiving financial\nremuneration for the collection of umbilical cord blood shall, prior to\nharvesting the umbilical cord blood, disclose this information in writing to any\nwoman postpartum or to the parent of a newborn from whom the umbilical cord\nblood is to be collected.\n\nI. This section shall not be construed to require participation in the\nInitiative on the part of any health care facility or health care provider who\nobjects to transfusion or transplantation of blood on the basis of bona fide\nreligious beliefs.\n\nJ. The Initiative shall be implemented with such funds as may be appropriated or\notherwise provided for its purpose. Upon implementation, the Commissioner shall\ninitiate the development of a nonprofit entity to assume the operation and\nadministration of the Initiative and may seek federal, state, and private grant\nfunds for its continuation.\n\nHISTORY: 2006, cc. 636, 735; 2008, c. 285; 2023, cc. 756, 778.","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}}