Virginia House Bill 5121 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 16-0)
Status: Introduced on August 24 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-11-09 - Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions
Pending: House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

State Board of Health; public health emergency; patient visitation; notice to family; emergency. Requires each nursing home, certified nursing facility, and hospice facility to allow each patient to receive visits, either virtually or in person, at least once per week from family or any person designated by the patient. If such visits are conducted virtually, each such facility shall provide access to equipment and staff support that (i) allows each patient the ability to schedule and receive no less than one virtual visit per week and (ii) provides both visual and sound technology allowing the patient to interact with persons outside the facility, unless the patient or power of attorney of the patient waives such rights to virtual visitation and such waiver is noted in the care plan for the patient. Any person visiting a patient in person may be required to comply with all reasonable requirements of such facility adopted to protect the health and safety of patients and staff of the facility. Each such facility shall publish on its website or provide written communication of its plan for providing virtual or in-person family visits. The bill contains an emergency clause.

Nursing homes, certified nursing, or hospice facility; patient visitation, notice to family.

Del. Kathy Byron [R]	Del. John Avoli [R]	Del. Amanda Batten [R]	Sen. Emily Brewer [R]
Del. Mark Cole [R]	Del. James Edmunds [R]	Del. Hyland Fowler [R]	Del. Todd Gilbert [R]
Sen. Chris Head [R]	Del. Dave LaRock [R]	Del. Daniel Marshall [R]	Del. Margaret Ransone [R]
Del. Chris Runion [R]	Del. Wendell Walker [R]	Del. Thomas Wright [R]	Del. Scott Wyatt [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-11-09	House	Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions
2020-08-24	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2020-08-24	House	Presented and ordered printed with emergency clause 20200945D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
32	1	127	(n/a)	See Bill Text
32	1	162.5	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5121
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5121+hil