Virginia House Bill 2108 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-07 - Left in Commerce and Energy
Pending: House Commerce and Energy Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Safety and Health Codes Board; safe handling of patients. Requires the Safety and Health Codes Board to adopt occupational safety and health standards regarding safe handling of patients that require hospitals to (i) adopt a policy that requires replacement of manual lifting and transferring of patients with powered patient transfer devices, lifting devices, and lift teams, as appropriate, for the specific patient and consistent with the employer's safety policies and (ii) provide training to any employee whose responsibility includes lifting, repositioning, or transferring patients using patient transfer, repositioning, or lifting devices that includes training on (a) the appropriate use of lifting devices and equipment; (b) the five areas of body exposure (vertical, lateral, bariatric, repositioning, and ambulation); and (c) the use of lifting devices to handle patients safely. Safety and Health Codes Board; safe handling of patients. Requires the Safety and Health Codes Board to adopt occupational safety and health standards regarding safe handling of patients that require hospitals to (i) adopt a policy that requires replacement of manual lifting and transferring of patients with powered patient transfer devices, lifting devices, and lift teams, as appropriate, for the specific patient and consistent with the employer's safety policies and (ii) provide training to any employee whose responsibility includes lifting, repositioning, or transferring patients using patient transfer, repositioning, or lifting devices that includes training on (a) the appropriate use of lifting devices and equipment; (b) the five areas of body exposure (vertical, lateral, bariatric, repositioning, and ambulation); and (c) the use of lifting devices to handle patients safely.

Safety and Health Codes Board; safe handling of patients.

Del. Jeffrey Bourne [D]	Del. Dawn Adams [D]	Del. Nadarius Clark [D]	Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]
Del. Clinton Jenkins [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Michelle Maldonado [D]	Del. Sam Rasoul [D]
Del. Marcus Simon [D]	Del. Rodney Willett [D]

2023-01-26 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-07	House	Left in Commerce and Energy
2023-01-26	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N)
2023-01-19	House	Assigned sub: Subcommittee #4
2023-01-10	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
2023-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102517D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2108
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2108+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H2304V0013+HB2108