Nursing homes; VDH to convene work group related to increasing availability of clinical workforce. (SB397)

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Progress

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

Description

Department of Health; work group; nursing home workforce. Directs the Department of Health to convene a work group to review and make recommendations on increasing the availability of the clinical workforce for nursing homes in the Commonwealth. The work group shall include stakeholder groups as appropriate. The bill directs the Department to collaborate with the Department of Health Professions, the Governor's Chief Workforce Development Advisor, and other state agencies as appropriate. The bill directs the Department to report all recommendations to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions on or before November 15, 2020. Read the Bill »

Status

02/18/2020: Subcommittee Recommends Passing the Bill

History

Date	Action
01/06/2020	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104781D
01/06/2020	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
01/17/2020	Assigned Education sub: Health
01/30/2020	Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/30/2020	Committee substitute printed 20107146D-S1
01/31/2020	Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/31/2020	Impact statement from DPB (SB397S1)
02/03/2020	Read second time
02/03/2020	Reading of substitute waived
02/03/2020	Committee substitute agreed to 20107146D-S1
02/03/2020	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB397S1
02/04/2020	Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/13/2020	Placed on Calendar
02/13/2020	Read first time
02/13/2020	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
02/13/2020	Assigned HWI sub: Health
02/18/2020	Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)