HB 2156 Virginia House of Delegates · 2021 Regular Session

Nursing home staffing and care standards; regulations, report.

Summary

Nursing home staffing and care standards; study.Requires regulations establishing the staffing and care standardsin nursing homes to require a minimum number of hours of directcare services to each resident per 24-hour period, which minimumincreases in specified phases from 3.5 hours to 4.1 hours. The billalso directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to study issues related to establishment of a minimum number of hours of direct careservices for nursing homes as part of its study of the nursing facilityworkforce authorized by the Commission on December 15, 2020, andto report its findings by December 1, 2021. The regulatory provisionsof the bill have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2022.

Bill status in committee 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2021

Committee Review

Jan 2021

House of Delegates Passage

Jan 2021

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 12, 2021 Last action Feb 5, 2021

Floor votes · House of Delegates Jan 21, 2021

How they voted

21–0

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 22

Jan 21, 2021

D Democratic13

12 Yea 1

92% Yea

R Republican9

9 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

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Key actions

Committee

Jan 27, 2021

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (4-Y 2-N)

lower

Jan 22, 2021

Committee

Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources

lower

Jan 21, 2021

Committee

Referred to Committee on Appropriations

lower

Jan 21, 2021

Lower · Passed

Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 21, 2021

House Of Delegates · Passed

House of Delegates Vote: pass (21-0-1)

house of delegates

Jan 12, 2021

Committee

Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions

lower

Jan 12, 2021

Introduced

Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102700D

lower

1 primary · 4 co-sponsors