Assisted living facilities; regulations governing staff. (HB1439)

Introduced By

Del. Mark Sickles (D-Alexandria) with support from co-patrons Del. Dawn Adams (D-Richmond), Del. Marcus Simon (D-Falls Church), and Sen. Jennifer Boysko (D-Herndon)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

State Board of Social Services; regulations related to staffing of assisted living facilities providing care for adults with serious cognitive impairments. Directs the State Board of Social Services to amend regulations governing staffing of assisted living facilities that provide care for adults with serious cognitive impairments who cannot recognize danger or protect their own safety and welfare to allow an exception to certain requirements for assisted living facilities that are licensed for 10 or fewer residents if no more than three of the residents have serious cognitive impairments. The bill also directs the Board of Social Services to promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of the bill within 280 days and prohibits the Board of Social Services from enforcing the provisions of 22VAC40-73-1020, as it shall become effective, in cases involving assisted living facilities that are licensed for 10 or fewer residents if no more than three of the residents have serious cognitive impairments. The bill contains an emergency clause and is identical to SB 875. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/16/2018Committee
01/16/2018Presented and ordered printed 18104728D
01/16/2018Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
01/22/2018Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3
01/25/2018Impact statement from DPB (HB1439)
01/25/2018Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (6-Y 0-N)
02/01/2018Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment (20-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/05/2018Read first time
02/06/2018Read second time
02/06/2018Committee amendment agreed to
02/06/2018Emergency clause added
02/06/2018Engrossed by House as amended HB1439E
02/06/2018Printed as engrossed 18104728D-E
02/07/2018Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
02/07/2018VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/08/2018Impact statement from DPB (HB1439E)
02/08/2018Constitutional reading dispensed
02/08/2018Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
02/16/2018Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/19/2018Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/20/2018Read third time
02/20/2018Reading of amendments waived
02/20/2018Committee amendments agreed to
02/20/2018Engrossed by Senate as amended
02/20/2018Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/20/2018Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/22/2018Placed on Calendar
02/22/2018Senate amendments agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
02/22/2018VOTE: ADOPTION EMERGENCY (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/26/2018Enrolled
02/26/2018Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1439ER)
02/26/2018Impact statement from DPB (HB1439ER)
02/26/2018Signed by Speaker
02/28/2018Signed by President
03/02/2018Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2018
03/02/2018G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 9, 2018
03/09/2018G Approved by Governor-Chapter 248 (effective 3/9/18)
03/09/2018G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0248)

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 2 minutes.

Transcript

This is a transcript of the video clips in which this bill is discussed.

is 1439. A bill to require the state board of social services to amend certain regulations related to staffing of assisted living facilities providing care for adults with serious cognitive impairments. Reported from committee on health, welfare and institutions with amendment. >> delegate sickles. thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is a technical bill that restores and I move the committee amendment. >> shall the committee amendments be agreed to? All those in favor say aye. [Ayes expressed] those opposed no?

Del. Mark Sickles (D-Alexandria): it's agreed to. Delegate sickles. >> thank you, Mr. Speaker. As I was going to say, this re-establishes an exemption for assisted living centers with less than ten people. That was left out of a rule-making process. I move the bill be engrossed and passed onto the third reading.

[Unknown]: house bill 1494 has been re-referred to hwi. Next up -- house bill 1520. a bill to amend and reenact 4.1-200 of the code of virginia, relating to alcoholic beverage control; exemptions from licensure; nonprofit swim clubs. Reported from committee on general laws with substitute. >> delegate sullivan. I move the committee substitute. >> shall the committee substitute be agreed to? [Ayes expressed] >> those opposed no? It's agreed to. hb 1520 corrects an anomaly in the abc law allowing swim