SB 5082 Virginia Senate · 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 incorporates SB 5023 and is identical to HB 5059.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Aug 2020
Committee Review
Sep 2020
Senate Passage
Sep 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Sep 2020
Signed into Law
Oct 2020
Introduced Aug 17, 2020 Signed Oct 13, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Sep 3, 2020 · House of Delegates Sep 25, 2020

How they voted

36–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 40
Sep 3, 2020
D Democratic21
20 Yea 1
95% Yea
R Republican19
16 Yea 3
84% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
32
Key actions
11
Committee
8
Oct 13, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 7 (effective 10/13/20)
executive
Sep 25, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed House (87-Y 9-N)
lower
Sep 22, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (17-Y 3-N)
lower
Sep 17, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Sep 3, 2020
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 0-N)
upper
Sep 2, 2020
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB5082S1
upper
Sep 2, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20201039D-S1
upper
Aug 28, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute reconsidered (37-Y 0-N)
upper
Aug 28, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reconsideration of Passed by for the day agreed to (37-Y 0-N)
upper
Aug 28, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Aug 28, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20201039D-S1
upper
Aug 26, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Aug 17, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Aug 17, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 08/18/20 20200757D
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.