COVID-19 virus; Commissioner of Health shall make information available to public on a website. (SB5090)
Introduced By
Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant (R-Henrico) with support from co-patron Sen. Frank Ruff (R-Clarksville)
Progress
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Description
Commissioner of Health; publication of information related to COVID-19; COVID-19 indicators. Requires that for the duration of the emergency declared by the Governor in response to COVID-19, the Commissioner of Health shall make available to the public on a website maintained by the Department of Health information about confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Commonwealth, by week and by health district, including (i) the total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19; (ii) the number of confirmed cases by age group and by race and ethnicity; and (iii) the percentage of cases that are known to be associated with a nursing home, assisted living facility, or correctional facility. The bill also requires the Commissioner to make available to the public on a website maintained by the Department of Health information about and analyses of such data and to develop and publish COVID-19 indicators with thresholds to include case incidence rate, percentage of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests that are positive, rate of COVID-like illness visits to emergency departments, rate of current confirmed COVID-19 intensive care unit hospitalizations, and percentage of hospital beds that are currently occupied. Read the Bill »
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Outcome
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 08/18/2020 | Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 08/18/20 20200653D |
| 08/18/2020 | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
| 08/19/2020 | Reported from Education and Health with amendments (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 08/19/2020 | Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered |
| 08/20/2020 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 08/21/2020 | Impact statement from DPB (SB5090) |
| 08/26/2020 | Floor substitute printed 20200957D-S1 (Dunnavant) |
| 08/26/2020 | Read second time |
| 08/26/2020 | Reading of amendments waived |
| 08/26/2020 | Committee amendments rejected |
| 08/26/2020 | Reading of substitute waived |
| 08/26/2020 | Substitute by Senator Dunnavant agreed to 20200957D-S1 |
| 08/26/2020 | Emergency clause deleted |
| 08/26/2020 | Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB5090S1 |
| 08/27/2020 | Read third time and passed Senate (34-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 08/27/2020 | Impact statement from DPB (SB5090S1) |
| 09/17/2020 | Placed on Calendar |
| 09/17/2020 | Read first time |
| 09/17/2020 | Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions |
| 09/17/2020 | Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 09/17/2020 | Committee substitute printed 20201208D-H1 |
| 09/21/2020 | Impact statement from DPB (SB5090H1) |
| 09/24/2020 | Read second time |
| 09/25/2020 | House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered |
| 09/25/2020 | Read third time |
| 09/25/2020 | Committee substitute agreed to 20201208D-H1 |
| 09/25/2020 | Floor Amendment by Delegate Sickles agreed to |
| 09/25/2020 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment SB5090H1 |
| 09/25/2020 | Passed House with substitute with amendment (97-Y 0-N) |
| 09/25/2020 | VOTE: Passage (97-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 10/02/2020 | House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 10/02/2020 | Title replaced 20201208D-H1 |
| 10/07/2020 | Enrolled |
| 10/07/2020 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB5090ER) |
| 10/07/2020 | Impact statement from DPB (SB5090ER) |
| 10/07/2020 | Signed by President |
| 10/07/2020 | Signed by Speaker |
| 10/14/2020 | Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on October 14, 2020 |
| 10/14/2020 | G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 21, 2020 |
| 10/21/2020 | first day of the fourth month following the month adjournment sine die of this special session) |
| 10/21/2020 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 13 (Per Article IV, Section 13, this bill will be effective on the |
| 10/21/2020 | 1st day of the 4th month following the month of adjournment, sine die, of this special session) |
| 10/21/2020 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 13 (effective 3/1/21) |
| 10/21/2020 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0013) |