Assisted living facility; Board of Social Services to amend certain regulations.
Summary
Requires the State Board of Social Services to amend its regulations governing emergency preparedness and response plans and temporary emergency electrical power sources of assisted living facilities to require the following: (i) any assisted living facility that is equipped with an on-site emergency generator shall (a) include in its emergency preparedness and response plan a description of the emergency generator's capacity to provide sufficient power for certain functions and (b) test such emergency generator monthly and (ii) any assisted living facility that is not equipped with an on-site emergency generator shall (a) enter into an agreement with a vendor capable of providing the assisted living facility with an emergency generator, (b) enter into at least one agreement with a backup vendor, and (c) have its temporary emergency electrical power source connection tested at the time of installation and every two years thereafter.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2018
Committee Review
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Jan 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Feb 2019
Introduced Dec 13, 2018
Signed Feb 21, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Jan 28, 2019
How they voted
32–0
Passed
Total votes 32
Jan 28, 2019
D
Democratic13
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
5
Committee
4
Feb 21, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 91 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 11, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
lower
Jan 29, 2019
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1077S1
upper
Jan 29, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19104877D-S1
upper
Jan 28, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (32-0)
senate
Dec 13, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
upper
Dec 13, 2018
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100763D
upper
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
JH
Janet Howell
DDemocratic
Co
Kaye Kory
DDemocratic
Co
Ken Plum
DDemocratic
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