SB 1484 Virginia Senate · 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 HB 2255.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Signed Mar 21, 2025
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What changed between versions

Health and Human Services Substitute Chaptered · 6 edits
MODERATE
This bill converts a House substitute version of SB 1484 into a chaptered, enacted law. The substantive policy content remains the same, but the format changed from a proposed amendment to an official act approved by the General Assembly. The bill amends hospital and nursing home regulations to include new requirements for security plans, organ donation protocols, patient visitation rights, and fee structures for licensure.
Scope change
The bill's scope is unchanged as it continues to apply to hospitals, nursing homes, and certified nursing facilities in Virginia, but its status changed from a proposed substitute amendment to an officially enacted chapter of the Code of Virginia.
TIMELINE

The bill changed from a House substitute amendment dated February 11, 2025 to an officially chaptered act approved March 21, 2025, indicating it has been enacted into law.

TECHNICAL

The document format changed from a legislative substitute with deletion markers to a final chaptered version with proper Virginia Acts of Assembly formatting and page numbering.

REQUIREMENT

New requirement added for hospitals with emergency departments to establish security plans including off-duty law enforcement presence based on security risk assessments.

New requirement for hospitals to establish protocols for air medical transportation notification to patients regarding cost and transportation options.

New requirement for hospitals performing surgery to adopt policies requiring smoke evacuation systems for procedures likely to generate surgical smoke.

FISCAL

Fee structure for hospital and nursing home licensure remains established under § 32.1-130 with fees paid into the Hospital and Nursing Home Licensure and Inspection Program Fund.

Floor votes · Senate Jan 31, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 14, 2025

How they voted

390
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Jan 31, 2025
D Democratic21
21 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
18 Yea 1
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
40
Key actions
9
Committee
5
Mar 21, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 265 (Effective - see bill)
executive
Feb 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1484ER)
upper
Feb 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed House with substitute (96-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 31, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 30, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 28, 2025
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Health
upper
Jan 17, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Jan 17, 2025
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 25104491D
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

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