VA HB2107 | 2021 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2021 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2021-01-28 - Tabled in Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Summary

Board of Health; public health emergency; virtual visitation. Requires the Board of Health to amend regulations governing hospitals, nursing homes, certified nursing facilities, and hospices to require such entities to adopt protocols to ensure that, during a public health emergency related to a communicable disease of public health threat, each patient is able to receive virtual visits from any person designated by the patient, within 72 hours of the time the request for a virtual visit is made.

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Title

Health, Board of; public health emergency, virtual visitation for certain facilities.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2021-01-28 - House - House: Tabled in Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2021-01-28HouseTabled in Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N)
2021-01-15HouseAssigned HWI sub: Health
2021-01-12HouseReferred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2021-01-12HousePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101403D

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
321127(n/a)See Bill Text
321162.5(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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