HB 569 Virginia House of Delegates · 2022 Regular Session

Hospices, home care organizations, private providers, etc; immunity from liability.

Summary
Hospices, home care organizations, private providers, assisted living facilities, and adult day care centers; immunityfrom liability. Repeals the provision that a licensed hospice,home care organization, private provider, assisted living facility,or adult day care center that delivers care to or withholds care froma patient, resident, or person receiving services who is diagnosedas being or is believed to be infected with the COVID-19 virus shallnot be liable for any injury or wrongful death of such patient, resident,or person receiving services arising from the delivery or withholdingof care when the emergency and subsequent conditions caused by theemergency 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 providethe level or manner of care that otherwise would have been requiredin the absence of the emergency and that resulted in the injury orwrongful death at issue.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 11, 2022 Last action Jan 28, 2022
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Committee
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Jan 24, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends striking from docket (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 21, 2022
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Jan 11, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103493D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Nadarius Clark
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