Outbreaks of communicable disease of public health threat; posting of information about cases.
Summary
Outbreaks of communicable disease of public health threat; posting of information; emergency. Requires the Department of Health to make information about outbreaks of communicable diseases of public health threat at any medical care facility, residential or day program, service or facility licensed or operated by any agency of the Commonwealth, school, or summer camp currently required to report an outbreak of a communicable disease to the Department available to the public on a website maintained by the Department. Such information shall include the name of the place at which the outbreak has occurred and the number of confirmed cases of and deaths resulting from such communicable disease reported by each such place. This bill contains an emergency clause.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Aug 2020
Committee Review
Sep 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Sep 2020
Senate Passage
Sep 2020
Signed into Law
Oct 2020
Introduced Aug 17, 2020
Signed Oct 21, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Sep 25, 2020 · House of Delegates Aug 28, 2020
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 40
Sep 25, 2020
D
Democratic21
90% Yea
R
Republican19
89% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
37
Key actions
11
Committee
8
Amendments
4
Oct 21, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 12 (effective 10/21/20)
executive
Oct 2, 2020
Introduced
Senate amendment agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
lower
Sep 29, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
lower
Sep 25, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with amendment (36-Y 0-N)
upper
Sep 25, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with amendment (35-Y 0-N)
upper
Sep 25, 2020
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Sep 25, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
upper
Sep 25, 2020
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Sep 22, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health with amendment (13-Y 0-N)
upper
Sep 22, 2020
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Sep 2, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Aug 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N)
lower
Aug 27, 2020
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB5048E
lower
Aug 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
lower
Aug 25, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Aug 25, 2020
Lower · Passed
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Aug 17, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
lower
Aug 17, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200644D
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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