Virginia House Bill 2154 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Engrossed on January 27 2021 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2021-02-05 - Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Hospitals, nursing homes, and certified nursing facilities; regulations; patient access to intelligent personal assistant. Directs the Board of Health to amend regulations governing hospitals, nursing homes, and certified nursing facilities to require each hospital, nursing home, and certified nursing facility to establish and implement policies to ensure the permissible access to and use of an intelligent personal assistant provided by the patient while receiving inpatient services. "Intelligent personal assistant" is defined in the bill as a combination of an electronic device and a specialized software application designed to assist users with basic tasks using a combination of natural language processing and artificial intelligence, including such combinations known as "digital assistants" or "virtual assistants." Hospitals, nursing homes, and certified nursing facilities; regulations; patient access to intelligent personal assistant. Directs the Board of Health to amend regulations governing hospitals, nursing homes, and certified nursing facilities to require each hospital, nursing home, and certified nursing facility to establish and implement policies to ensure the permissible access to and use of an intelligent personal assistant provided by the patient while receiving inpatient services. "Intelligent personal assistant" is defined in the bill as a combination of an electronic device and a specialized software application designed to assist users with basic tasks using a combination of natural language processing and artificial intelligence, including such combinations known as "digital assistants" or "virtual assistants."

Hospitals, nursing homes, etc.; regulations, patient access to intelligent personal assistant.

Del. Les Adams [R]	Del. Dawn Adams [D]	Sen. Chris Head [R]	Del. James Edmunds [R]
Del. Mark Levine [D]	Del. Kathy Tran [D]

2021-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-28 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-26 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-05	Senate	Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N)
2021-01-29	Senate	Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
2021-01-29	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2021-01-28	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
2021-01-28	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
2021-01-27	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2154H1
2021-01-27	House	Committee substitute agreed to 21103464D-H1
2021-01-27	House	Read second time
2021-01-26	House	Read first time
2021-01-26	House	Committee substitute printed 21103464D-H1
2021-01-26	House	Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
2021-01-12	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2021-01-12	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101654D

HB2154 (Carry Over) 2021-02-05 - Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
32	1	127	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+sum+HB2154
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+HB2154+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+HB2154H1+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/21103464D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+oth+HB2154F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+oth+HB2154FH1122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+H12V0062+HB2154
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+HV1225+HB2154
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+S09V0053+HB2154