Hospitals, nursing homes, etc.; visits by clergy. (SB1356)

Introduced By

Sen. Jen Kiggans (R-Virginia Beach) with support from co-patron Sen. David Suetterlein (R-Salem)

Progress

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

Description

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 when use of interactive audio or video technology is determined to be necessary to comply with any applicable federal or state guidance or to protect the health and safety of the person, patients, or staff. 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. Read the Bill »

Status

07/25/2021: Awaiting a Vote in the Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee

History

Date	Action
01/12/2021	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101880D
01/12/2021	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
01/18/2021	Impact statement from DPB (SB1356)
01/22/2021	Assigned Education sub: Health
01/28/2021	Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
01/28/2021	Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/28/2021	Committee substitute printed 21103738D-S1
01/28/2021	Impact statement from DPB (SB1356S1)
01/29/2021	Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/01/2021	Read second time
02/01/2021	Reading of substitute waived
02/01/2021	Committee substitute agreed to 21103738D-S1
02/01/2021	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1356S1
02/02/2021	Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/05/2021	Placed on Calendar
02/05/2021	Read first time
02/05/2021	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
02/08/2021	Continued to Special Session 1 in Health, Welfare and Institutions
02/09/2021	Assigned HWI sub: Health
02/16/2021	House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
02/16/2021	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
02/16/2021	House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
02/16/2021	Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/18/2021	Read second time
02/19/2021	Read third time
02/19/2021	Committee amendments agreed to
02/19/2021	Engrossed by House as amended
02/19/2021	Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
02/19/2021	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
02/23/2021	House amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
02/25/2021	Enrolled
02/25/2021	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1356ER)
02/25/2021	Impact statement from DPB (SB1356ER)
02/25/2021	Signed by President
02/26/2021	Signed by Speaker
03/01/2021	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
03/01/2021	G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
03/31/2021	Governor's recommendation received by Senate
03/31/2021	Governor's substitute printed 21200695D-S2
04/07/2021	Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
04/07/2021	House concurred in Governor's recommendation (100-Y 0-N)
04/07/2021	VOTE: Agree To (100-Y 0-N)
04/07/2021	G Governor's recommendation adopted
04/07/2021	Reenrolled
04/07/2021	Reenrolled bill text (SB1356ER2)
04/07/2021	Signed by President as reenrolled
04/07/2021	Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
04/07/2021	Enacted, Chapter 525 (effective 7/1/21)
04/07/2021	G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0525)