Virginia Senate Bill 406 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2022 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2022-02-03 - Failed to report (defeated) in Education and Health (6-Y 8-N 1-A)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Minimum staffing standards for nursing homes and certified nursing facilities; administrative sanctions; Long-Term Care Services Fund. Requires nursing homes to meet a baseline staffing level based on resident acuity in alignment with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services staffing level recommendations. The bill requires nursing homes to collect and submit to the Department of Health certain data related to staffing. The bill gives the Commissioner of Health the power to impose administrative sanctions on nursing homes and directs the Board of Health to promulgate regulations related to the criteria and procedures for imposition of administrative sanctions or initiation of court proceedings for violations of the bill. The bill provides that nursing homes shall only be subject to administrative sanctions upon initial funding for the state share of the cost to implement the provisions of the bill. The bill establishes the Long-Term Care Services Fund for the purpose of making grants to assist in the provision of activities that protect or improve the quality of care or quality of life for residents, patients, and consumers of long-term care services.

Nursing homes & certified nursing facilities; minimum staffing standards, administrative sanctions.

Sen. George Barker [D]	Sen. Jennifer Kiggans [R]	Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]	Sen. Ghazala Hashmi [D]
Sen. Lionell Spruill [D]	Sen. Scott Surovell [D]

2022-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Education and Health (6-Y 8-N 1-A) (Y: 6 N: 8 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-03	Senate	Failed to report (defeated) in Education and Health (6-Y 8-N 1-A)
2022-01-11	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2022-01-11	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103793D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
32	1	11.6:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
32	1	127	(n/a)	See Bill Text
32	1	27.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
32	1	27.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB406
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB406+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+SB406F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+S04V0126+SB0406