Commending Dawn Harman.
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Minimum staffing standards for nursing homesand certified nursing facilities; administrative sanctions; Long-TermCare Services Fund. Requires nursing homes to meet a baselinestaffing level based on resident acuity in alignment with the Centersfor Medicare and Medicaid Services staffing level recommendations.The bill requires nursing homes to collect and submit to the Departmentof Health certain data related to staffing. The bill gives the Commissionerof Health the power to impose administrative sanctions on nursinghomes and directs the Board of Health to promulgate regulations relatedto the criteria and procedures for imposition of administrative sanctionsor initiation of court proceedings for violations of the bill. Thebill provides that nursing homes shall only be subject to administrativesanctions upon initial funding for the state share of the cost toimplement the provisions of the bill. The bill establishes the Long-TermCare Services Fund for the purpose of making grants to assist inthe provision of activities that protect or improve the quality ofcare or quality of life for residents, patients, and consumers oflong-term care services.
Celebrating the life of Alexander Shepherd Quintard,USA, Ret.
Celebrating the life of Major General HenryJervey, Jr., USA, Ret.
Celebrating the life of Brigadier General JamesPostell Jervey, USA, Ret.
Commending Clyde E. Cristman.
Celebrating the life of Officer Michael D. Chandler.
Commending the Richmond Chapter of the IslamicCircle of North America Relief.
Celebrating the life of the Honorable ArthurR. Giesen, Jr.
Virginia College Savings Plan; Virginia CollegeEquity Foundation and Fund. Directs the Board of the VirginiaCollege Savings Plan to invest the surplus from the fund for prepaidtuition contracts, if any, in the Virginia College Equity Fund (theFund), established by the bill. The bill provides that financial management of the Fund is the responsibility of the Board of theVirginia College Savings Plan but authorizes the board of the VirginiaCollege Equity Foundation, also established by the bill, to managea scholarship program funded by the Fund. The bill establishes anindividual and corporate income tax subtraction for donations to the Fund. Under the bill, the programprovides scholarships to students at Virginia's nonlegacy publicuniversities. Scholarships are available only to students who attenda nonlegacy university, likely would have been denied admission toa public institution of higher education prior to 1900 based on admissioncriteria in effect at the time, meet the income requirements fora Pell Grant, and commit to working in Virginia for at least eightyears after graduation.