If you don't know what a bill does, don't vote for it.
This bill fails to deliver upon the goals it promises. Health care is already undergoing innovation and it is innovating everyday. This bill was originally introduced in 2022 and since then, questions asked originally have not been answered and the list of unanswered questions continues to grow. Federal laws ultimately dictate health innovation and this bill does not address those laws. The reality is, that this bill is far more likely to deter genuine health innovation than promote it in the long run. The ambiguity of the bill's goals and vague consumer protections makes it ripe for abuse for vulnerable populations.
Will "health consumers" know they are dealing with a "product" that is not necessarily subject to normative VA health regulations?
How will "health consumers" that have been adversely affected, know that it is the State Commissioner who they will need to reach out to in order to "provide data"?
The bill leaves it up to the company themselves to describe the risks, will the Commonwealth have its own subject matter experts who can review these risks?
If you don't know what a bill does, don't vote for it.
THERE IS NO NEED FOR A LEGAL PATHWAY FOR HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION IN VIRGINIA.
The only thing more ambiguous than the consumer protections in this bill, the beneficiaries.
If this bill is heard again next year, it will 5 years since it was originally heard. 5 years is the same time window allotted in this bill, yet not a single VA company has spoken in favor of this bill. In that 5 years, has it been brought to the committee's attention at least 5 Virginia companies that would benefit or 5 Virginia specific health regulations that are overly burdensome to "health innovation" occurring in the Commonwealth?
If you don't know what a bill does, don't vote for it.
If you don't know what a bill does, don't vote for it. This bill fails to deliver upon the goals it promises. Health care is already undergoing innovation and it is innovating everyday. This bill was originally introduced in 2022 and since then, questions asked originally have not been answered and the list of unanswered questions continues to grow. Federal laws ultimately dictate health innovation and this bill does not address those laws. The reality is, that this bill is far more likely to deter genuine health innovation than promote it in the long run. The ambiguity of the bill's goals and vague consumer protections makes it ripe for abuse for vulnerable populations. Will "health consumers" know they are dealing with a "product" that is not necessarily subject to normative VA health regulations? How will "health consumers" that have been adversely affected, know that it is the State Commissioner who they will need to reach out to in order to "provide data"? The bill leaves it up to the company themselves to describe the risks, will the Commonwealth have its own subject matter experts who can review these risks? If you don't know what a bill does, don't vote for it. THERE IS NO NEED FOR A LEGAL PATHWAY FOR HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION IN VIRGINIA. The only thing more ambiguous than the consumer protections in this bill, the beneficiaries. If this bill is heard again next year, it will 5 years since it was originally heard. 5 years is the same time window allotted in this bill, yet not a single VA company has spoken in favor of this bill. In that 5 years, has it been brought to the committee's attention at least 5 Virginia companies that would benefit or 5 Virginia specific health regulations that are overly burdensome to "health innovation" occurring in the Commonwealth? If you don't know what a bill does, don't vote for it.