Virginia House Bill 5140 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 13-0)
Status: Introduced on August 26 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]

Long-term care facilities; public health emergency; patient visitation; end of life. Provides that during a declared public health emergency related to a communicable disease of public health threat, every hospital, nursing home, nursing facility, hospice, and assisted living facility shall allow visits from a patient's or resident's family members or any person designated by the patient when the patient has been diagnosed with a terminal condition or illness and the patient's death is expected to be imminent.

Long-term care facilities; public health emergency, patient visitation, end of life.

Del. Roxann Robinson [R]	Del. John Avoli [R]	Del. Amanda Batten [R]	Del. Mark Cole [R]
Del. Carrie Coyner [R]	Del. James Edmunds [R]	Del. Hyland Fowler [R]	Del. Todd Gilbert [R]
Del. Dave LaRock [R]	Del. Daniel Marshall [R]	Del. Chris Runion [R]	Del. Wendell Walker [R]
Del. Thomas Wright [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-11-09	House	Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions
2020-08-26	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2020-08-26	House	Presented and ordered printed 20200669D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
32	1	127	(n/a)	See Bill Text
32	1	162.5	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1732	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5140
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5140+hil