VA HB2156 | 2021 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-02-05 - Left in Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 12 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-02-05 - Left in Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Summary
Nursing home staffing and care standards; study. Requires regulations establishing the staffing and care standards in nursing homes to require a minimum number of hours of direct care services to each resident per 24-hour period, which minimum increases in specified phases from 3.5 hours to 4.1 hours. The bill also directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to study issues related to establishment of a minimum number of hours of direct care services for nursing homes as part of its study of the nursing facility workforce authorized by the Commission on December 15, 2020, and to report its findings by December 1, 2021. The regulatory provisions of the bill have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2022.
Title
Nursing home staffing and care standards; regulations, report.
Sponsors
Del. Vivian Watts [D] | Del. Kaye Kory [D] | Del. Mark Levine [D] | Del. Kathleen Murphy [D] |
Del. Kathy Tran [D] |
Roll Calls
2021-01-27 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (4-Y 2-N) (Y: 4 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-01-21 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-01-21 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
---|---|---|
2021-02-05 | House | Left in Appropriations |
2021-01-27 | House | Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (4-Y 2-N) |
2021-01-22 | House | Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources |
2021-01-21 | House | Referred to Committee on Appropriations |
2021-01-21 | House | Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-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 21102700D |