HB 1870 Virginia House of Delegates · 2019 Regular Session

Certificate of public need; nursing homes and hospitals, establishing a disaster exemption.

Summary

Provides for a 30-day exemption from the requirement to obtain a certificate of public need for an increase in the total number of beds in existing hospitals or nursing homes if the State Health Commissioner has determined that a natural or man-made disaster has caused the evacuation of a hospital or nursing home and that a public health emergency exists due to a shortage of hospital or nursing home beds. The Board of Health shall adopt regulations for this exemption. This bill is identical to

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2019

Committee Review

Jan 2019

House of Delegates Passage

Jan 2019

Senate Passage

Feb 2019

Signed into Law

Feb 2019

Introduced Jan 3, 2019 Signed Feb 22, 2019

Floor votes · Senate Feb 8, 2019

How they voted

34–0

Passed

Total votes 34

Feb 8, 2019

D Democratic14

14 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican20

20 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Feb 22, 2019

Signed into law

Approved by Governor-Chapter 136 (effective 7/1/19)

executive

Feb 8, 2019

Senate · Passed

Senate Vote: pass (34-0)

senate

Jan 31, 2019

Committee

Referred to Committee on Education and Health

upper

Jan 30, 2019

Lower · Passed

Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 30, 2019

Lower · Passed

Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 29, 2019

Lower · Passed

Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1870H1

lower

Jan 29, 2019

Lower · Passed

Committee substitute agreed to 19104504D-H1

lower

Jan 3, 2019

Committee

Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions

lower

Jan 3, 2019

Introduced

Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101516D

lower

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor