HB 2255 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Hospitals and nursing homes; licensure and inspection fees.

Summary

Hospitals and nursing homes; licensure and inspection fees; Hospital and Nursing Home Licensure and Inspection Program Fund established. Directs the State Board of Health to require in its regulations the establishment of fees for the issuance, change, or renewal of a hospital or nursing home license to cover the costs of operating the hospital and nursing home licensure and inspection program in a manner that ensures timely completion of inspections. The bill requires the Board to distribute the costs of operating the hospital and nursing home licensure and inspection program in an equitable manner across all hospitals and nursing homes and specifies that the amount of such fees shall change no more frequently than annually. Such fee changes shall only be initiated under the bill if the expenses are more than 10 percent greater or less than the annual costs of operating the licensure and inspection program in a manner that ensures timely completion of inspections. The bill also creates the Hospital and Nursing Home Licensure and Inspection Program Fund to be used for the purposes of supporting the activities of the licensure and inspections requirements administered pursuant to current law. The bill directs the Board to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill related to the establishment of such fees and specifies that the provisions pertaining to the creation of the Fund shall not become effective until the Board adopts such emergency regulations. This bill is identical to SB 1484.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

House of Delegates Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Mar 2025

Signed into Law

Mar 2025

Introduced Jan 7, 2025 Signed Mar 21, 2025

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What changed between versions

Health and Human Services Substitute → Chaptered · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill transitions a House substitute version of HB 2255 into final chaptered legislation, making it official law. The substantive content remains largely unchanged, but the document format shifts from a proposed amendment to an enacted act with official approval dates and chapter numbering. The bill amends Virginia Code sections related to hospital and nursing home regulations, including exemptions from regulatory review, licensing requirements, and fee structures.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains unchanged; it continues to regulate hospitals and nursing homes in Virginia. The change is procedural, converting a proposed substitute bill into enacted law.

TIMELINE

The document format changed from a proposed House substitute bill to an officially chaptered act approved on March 21, 2025, giving it legal effect.

TECHNICAL

Removed header information identifying the bill as a House substitute and added official chapter designation (Chapter 254) and approval date.

REQUIREMENT

All substantive policy requirements regarding hospital and nursing home regulations, including organ donation protocols, security plans, visitation policies, and fee structures, remain identical between versions.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 18, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 4, 2025

How they voted

40–0

Passed

Total votes 40

Feb 18, 2025

D Democratic21

21 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican19

19 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 21, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by Governor-Chapter 254 (Effective - see bill)

executive

Mar 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

Signed by President

upper

Mar 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

Signed by Speaker

lower

Mar 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2255ER)

lower

Feb 18, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)

upper

Feb 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed by for the day

upper

Feb 14, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)

upper

Feb 13, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)

upper

Feb 11, 2025

Committee

Assigned Education sub: Health

upper

Feb 5, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on Education and Health

upper

Feb 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed House (99-Y 0-N)

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 31, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 30, 2025

Committee

Assigned Approps sub: Health & Human Resources

lower

Jan 30, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 20, 2025

Committee

Assigned sub: Health

lower

Jan 7, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services

lower

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor