HB 5059 Virginia House of Delegates · 2020, 1st Special Session

Hospices, certain, home care organizations, etc.; immunity from civil liability, COVID-19.

Summary
Certain hospices, home care organizations, private providers, assisted living facilities, and adult day care centers; immunity from civil liability; COVID-19; emergency. Provides that a licensed hospice, home care organization, private provider, assisted living facility, or adult day care center that delivers care to or withholds care from a patient, resident, or person receiving services who is diagnosed as being or is believed to be infected with the COVID-19 virus shall not be liable for any injury or wrongful death of such patient, resident, or person receiving services arising from the delivery or withholding of care when the emergency and subsequent conditions caused by the emergency result in a lack of resources, attributable to the disaster, that render such hospice, home care organization, private provider, assisted living facility, or adult day care center unable to provide the level or manner of care that otherwise would have been required in the absence of the emergency and that resulted in the injury or wrongful death at issue. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to SB 5082.
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 18, 2020 Signed Oct 13, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Sep 25, 2020 · House of Delegates Sep 4, 2020

How they voted

36–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 40
Sep 25, 2020
D Democratic21
19 Yea 2
90% Yea
R Republican19
17 Yea 2
89% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
23
Key actions
6
Committee
4
Oct 13, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 6 (effective 10/13/20)
executive
Sep 25, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N)
upper
Sep 25, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (35-Y 0-N)
upper
Sep 16, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary (12-Y 0-N)
upper
Sep 9, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Sep 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (85-Y 13-N)
lower
Aug 26, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 1-N)
lower
Aug 18, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Aug 18, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 08/18/20 20200737D
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.