Virginia Senate Bill 1356 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 1 2021 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2021-02-08 - Continued to Special Session 1 in Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Hospitals, nursing homes, certified nursing facilities, hospices, and assisted living facilities; visits by clergy; public health emergency. Requires the Board of Health to include in regulations governing hospitals, nursing homes, certified nursing facilities, and hospices and the Board of Social Services to include in regulations governing assisted living facilities a requirement that, during a public health emergency related to a communicable disease of public health threat, each hospital, nursing home, certified nursing facility, hospice, and assisted living facility establish a protocol to allow patients to receive visits from a rabbi, priest, minister, or clergy of any religious denomination or sect consistent with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and subject to compliance with any executive order, order of public health, Department of Health guidance, or any other applicable federal or state guidance having the effect of limiting visitation. The bill provides that such protocol may restrict the frequency and duration of visits and may require visits to be conducted virtually using interactive audio or video technology. Additionally, the protocol may require the person visiting a patient to comply with all reasonable requirements of the facility adopted to protect the health and safety of the person, patients, and staff. Hospitals, nursing homes, certified nursing facilities, hospices, and assisted living facilities; visits by clergy; public health emergency. Requires the Board of Health to include in regulations governing hospitals, nursing homes, certified nursing facilities, and hospices and the Board of Social Services to include in regulations governing assisted living facilities a requirement that, during a public health emergency related to a communicable disease of public health threat, each hospital, nursing home, certified nursing facility, hospice, and assisted living facility establish a protocol to allow patients to receive visits from a rabbi, priest, minister, or clergy of any religious denomination or sect consistent with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and subject to compliance with any executive order, order of public health, Department of Health guidance, or any other applicable federal or state guidance having the effect of limiting visitation. The bill provides that such protocol may restrict the frequency and duration of visits and may require visits to be conducted virtually using interactive audio or video technology. Additionally, the protocol may require the person visiting a patient to comply with all reasonable requirements of the facility adopted to protect the health and safety of the person, patients, and staff.

Hospitals, nursing homes, etc.; visits by clergy.

Sen. Jennifer Kiggans [R]

Sen. David Suetterlein [R]

2021-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-29 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N) (Y: 35 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2021-01-28 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-08	House	Continued to Special Session 1 in Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote
2021-02-05	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2021-02-05	House	Read first time
2021-02-05	House	Placed on Calendar
2021-02-02	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2021-02-01	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1356S1
2021-02-01	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 21103738D-S1
2021-02-01	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2021-02-01	Senate	Read second time
2021-01-29	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
2021-01-28	Senate	Committee substitute printed 21103738D-S1
2021-01-28	Senate	Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
2021-01-22	Senate	Assigned Education sub: Health
2021-01-12	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2021-01-12	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101880D

SB1356 (Carry Over) 2021-02-08 - Continued to Special Session 1 in Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote

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?211+sum+SB1356
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+SB1356+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+SB1356S1+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/21103738D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+oth+SB1356F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+oth+SB1356FS1122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+S04V0078+SB1356
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+SV0184SB1356+SB1356
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+SV0228SB1356+SB1356