Subject: (Executive Order 2006-9) Institutes the necessary programmatic and operational changes necessary to permit pharmacists to bill and receive reimbursement from the Virginia Medicaid Program for prescription drugs dispensed to dual eligibles in instances when the pharmacist is unable to have the prescription processed and paid through the Medicare Part D program.
Subject: (Executive Order 2008-62) Creates the Commonwealth Consortium for Mental Health/ Criminal Justice Transformation, with the dual purpose of preventing unnecessary involvement of persons with mental illness in the Virginia criminal justice system, and promoting public safety by improving access to needed mental health treatment for persons with mental illness for whom arrest and incarceration cannot be prevented.
Subject: (Executive Order 2006-29) Establishes the Governor's Health Information Technology Council to establish an interoperability framework drawing from and complying with the standards of the Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel; builds public private partnerships to increase adoption of electronic medical records for physicians; encourages vendors and entrepreneurs to build to the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology Standards.
Subject: (Executive Order 2006-31) Creates the Commission on Health Reform; identifies and implements national best practices in health care in terms of access to care, improving quality and safety of care, providing long term care, and addressing affordability of care.
Subject: (Executive Order 2006-43) Relates to the Commonwealth's commitment to health care accountability and transparency, including its Medicaid Program, child health insurance programs and State Employee Health Benefits Program.
