Nursing homes; truth in advertising for inspections, surveys, and investigations.
Summary
Requires that if inspection, survey, or investigation data is used in an advertisement regarding nursing homes, the advertisement also include the following information: (i) the date on which the survey, inspection, or investigation was conducted; (ii) a statement that the facility is required to submit a plan of correction in response to any and all statements of deficiencies; (iii) if a finding or deficiency cited in a statement of deficiencies has been corrected, a statement that the finding or deficiency has been corrected and the date on which the finding or deficiency was corrected; and (iv) a statement that the advertisement publication is not authorized or endorsed by the Virginia Department of Health, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Office of the Inspector General, or any other governmental agency. The bill provides that failure to include this required information constitutes a violation of the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. The bill also requires that such information be in the same font, color, and size as the other text in the advertisement. This bill is identical to
Bill status
passed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Jan 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Governor
Introduced Jan 4, 2019
Last action Feb 20, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Jan 25, 2019
How they voted
32–1
Passed
Total votes 33
Jan 25, 2019
D
Democratic14
100% Yea
R
Republican19
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
3
Committee
3
Amendments
1
Feb 11, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed House with amendments (83-Y 15-N 1-A)
lower
Feb 11, 2019
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended
lower
Feb 11, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
lower
Jan 25, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (32-1)
senate
Jan 4, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Jan 4, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102432D
upper
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
SN
Steve Newman
RRepublican
Co
AC
Amanda Chase
RRepublican
Co
David E. Yancey
RRepublican
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