Bill Text: VA SB5109 | 2020 | 1st Special Session | Amended
Bill Title: Nursing home/assisted living facility employees/residents; priority for testing for COVID-19 virus.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-09-17 - Tabled in Health, Welfare and Institutions (13-Y 9-N) [SB5109 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2020-SB5109-Amended.html
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SENATE BILL NO. 5109
FLOOR AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by Senator Chafin
on September 2, 2020)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator Chafin)
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered
32.1-45.5, relating to Commissioner of Health; nursing home and assisted living
facility employees and residents; priority for testing; COVID-19 pandemic.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 32.1-45.5 as follows:
§32.1-45.5. Nursing home and assisted living facility residents and employees; priority for testing.
A. As used in this section:
"Assisted living facility" has the same meaning as set forth in §63.2-100.
"Nursing home" has the same meaning as set forth in §32.1-123.
B. The Commissioner shall ensure that residents and employees of any nursing home or assisted living facility receive first priority for any testing indicating the existence of the COVID-19 virus in the Commonwealth.
