Nursing homes; standards of care.
Summary
Nursing home standards of care. Requires regulations establishing the staffing and care standards in nursing homes to require a minimum number of hours of direct care servicesto each resident per 24-hour period, which minimum increases in specifiedphases from 3.5 hours to 4.1 hours.
Bill status
in committee
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2020
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 6, 2020
Last action Feb 11, 2020
Floor votes · House of Delegates Jan 28, 2020
How they voted
22–0
Passed
Total votes 22
Jan 28, 2020
D
Democratic13
100% Yea
R
Republican9
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
5
Committee
8
Feb 5, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 28, 2020
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
lower
Jan 28, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 28, 2020
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (22-0)
house of delegates
Jan 21, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 21, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 17, 2020
Committee
Assigned HWI sub: Health
lower
Jan 6, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
lower
Jan 6, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102533D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Vivian Watts
DDemocratic
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