Va. State Anatomical Program; program finances and donor procurement, distribution, and disposition.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on funding for the work group or who will implement any changes suggested by the work group.

Virginia State Anatomical Program Review

This bill requires the Virginia Department of Health to form a work group that will review the state's anatomical program and suggest ways to improve it.

What This Bill Does

• The Department of Health must create a work group to evaluate the Virginia State Anatomical Program and its finances.
• The work group needs to assess donor procurement, distribution, and disposition practices and provide recommendations for improvement.
• By November 1, 2026, the work group must report their findings and suggestions to two committees: Health and Human Services and Education and Health.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Virginia Department of Health
• Medical schools, universities, colleges, research facilities, and other educational institutions in Virginia that use donor materials for teaching or studying.
• People involved with the Virginia State Anatomical Program

Terms To Know

Work group

A team of people brought together to study a specific topic or problem.

Donor procurement

The process of obtaining bodies or body parts from donors for medical education and research.

Limits and Unknowns

• It does not specify how the work group will be funded.
• There is no information on who will implement any changes suggested by the work group.

Official Summary Text

Department of Health; Virginia State Anatomical Program; program finances and donor procurement, distribution, and disposition; report.
Directs the Department of Health to convene a work group to evaluate the Virginia State Anatomical Program and its current finances and to provide recommendations to strengthen practices and procedures concerning donor procurement, distribution, and disposition to institutions of higher education and research facilities. The work group is directed to report its findings and recommendations to the House Committee on Health and Human Services and the Senate Committee on Education and Health no later than November 1, 2026.

Current Bill Text

A BILL to direct the Department of Health to convene a work group to evaluate the Virginia State Anatomical Program and its current finances and to provide recommendations to strengthen practices and procedures concerning donor procurement, distribution, and disposition.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.
§ 1.
The Department of Health shall convene a work

group consisting of
a
representative from the Virginia State Anatomical Program
(the Program);

representatives from

medical school
s
, universit
ies
,
college
s
,
institut
ion
s
of higher
education
, established allied health program
s
, including physician associate and physical therapy programs, and any other health program
s
in the Commonwealth

t
h
at
utilize donor materials for
instructional pu
r
poses
;

a
representative of a

research facilit
y

that
utilize
s
donor materials for
the study of disease
or
innovation of medical procedures
or

surgical techniques
;
a representative of
the Virginia Association of Human Anatomical Sciences
;
a representative of the Virginia Intercollegiate
Anatomy Laboratory;

and any other
relevant
stakeholders
to evaluate current
Program policies and procedures and any other regulations
surrounding the implem
entation of the Program. The work

group shall evaluate
current
donor
needs
due to the
expanding
number
of

medical
and
educational
programs offered in the Commonwealth
, examine current f
inances
to determine if funding is needed to
strengthen the Program,
and provide recommendations to
revise Program procedures or policies
, or
propose statutory language
to effectively
bolster
donor procurement and
ensure efficient
,
fair
, and adequa
te donor
distribution and disposition
to
medical schools, colleges, universities, community colleges, and research facilities across the Commonwealth. The work

group
shall report its findings
and recommendations to the House Committee on Health
and Human Services
a
nd the Senate Committee on Education and Health no later than
November 1, 2026
.