Nursing homes, certified nursing facilities, and hospice facilities; public health emergency, etc.
It became law on Oct 21, 2020.
- Stage
- Became law
- Started in
- Senate
- Latest action
- Oct 21, 2020
What it does
State Board of Health; public health emergency; patient visitation; notice to family; emergency. Requires each nursing home, certified nursing facility, and hospice facility to establish a protocol to allow each patient to receive visits, consistent with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and as directed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the State Board of Health. Such protocol shall include provisions describing (i) the conditions, including conditions related to the presence of COVID-19 in the facility and community, under which in-person visits will be allowed and under which in-person visits will not be allowed and visits will be required to…
Where it stands
This bill passed and is now law.
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Where it goes next
It is law in Virginia. What happens now is up to the agency that carries it out, the courts, and the place itself.