HB 1815 Virginia House of Delegates · 2019 Regular Session

Assisted living facilities; emergency electrical power source, disclosure to prospective residents.

Summary
Directs the State Board of Social Services to adopt regulations that require assisted living facilities to disclose to each prospective resident, or his legal representative, in writing in a document provided to the prospective resident or his legal representative and as evidenced by the written acknowledgement of the resident or his legal representative, whether the facility has an on-site emergency electrical power source for the provision of electricity during an interruption of the normal electric power supply and, if the assisted living facility does have an on-site emergency electrical power source, (i) the items for which such on-site emergency electrical power source will supply power in the event of an interruption of the normal electric power supply and (ii) whether staff of the assisted living facility have been trained to maintain and operate such on-site emergency electrical power source to ensure the provision of electricity during an interruption of the normal electrical power supply. The bill also provides that an on-site emergency electrical power source shall include both permanent on-site emergency electrical power sources and portable on-site emergency electrical power sources, provided such portable on-site emergency electrical power source remains on the premises of the assisted living facility at all times.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2018
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Mar 2019
Introduced Dec 31, 2018 Signed Mar 19, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 11, 2019

How they voted

37–0
Passed
Total votes 37
Feb 11, 2019
D Democratic17
17 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican20
20 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
24
Key actions
6
Committee
5
Amendments
1
Mar 19, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 602 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 12, 2019
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1815S1
upper
Feb 12, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19106641D-S1
upper
Feb 11, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (37-0)
senate
Jan 22, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
upper
Jan 21, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 18, 2019
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB1815E
lower
Jan 18, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
lower
Dec 31, 2018
Introduced
Introduced bill reprinted 19101385D
lower
Dec 31, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
lower
Dec 31, 2018
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101385D
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors

Sponsors