Virginia Senate Bill 1149 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 6 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-02-06 - Left in Education and Health
Pending: Senate Education and Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Nursing home standards of care and staff requirements; regulations. Requires the State Board of Health to establish staffing and care standards in nursing homes to require a minimum of direct care services to each resident per 24-hour period as follows: (i) a minimum of one registered nurse or licensed practical nurse per 15 patients and one certified nursing assistant per eight patients during the daytime; (ii) a minimum of one registered nurse or licensed practical nurse per 20 patients and one certified nursing assistant per 12 patients during the evening; and (iii) a minimum of one registered nurse or licensed practical nurse per 30 patients and one certified nursing assistant per 15 patients during the nighttime. Such requirements may not apply during a health crisis, emergency, or during an outbreak of a communicable disease of public health threat. The bill requires nursing homes to complete a criminal background check on each employee prior to the start of employment and every five years thereafter that the employee remains employed. The bill also requires nursing homes to provide quarterly staff training on first aid, medication administration, and compliance with nursing home policies and procedures.

Nursing homes; standards of care and staff requirements, regulations.

Sen. Jennifer Kiggans [R]

Sen. Ghazala Hashmi [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-06	Senate	Left in Education and Health
2021-01-29	Senate	Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
2021-01-22	Senate	Assigned Education sub: Health
2021-01-06	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2021-01-06	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101862D

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+SB1149
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+SB1149+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/21103694D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+oth+SB1149F122+PDF