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2014 SESSION
HB 240 Long-Term Care Ombudsman, Office of State; access to clients, patients, individuals, etc., records.
Introduced by: John M. O'Bannon, III | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman. Provides that the entity designated by the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services to operate the programs of the Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman shall have access to facilities, clients, patients, individuals receiving services, and the records of such clients, patients, and individuals in licensed assisted living facilities, licensed adult day care centers, home care organizations, hospice facilities, certified nursing facilities and nursing homes, providers as defined in § 37.2-403, state hospitals operated by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, and providers of services by an area agency on aging or any private nonprofit or proprietary agency whenever the entity has the consent of the client, patient, or individual receiving services or his legal representative. The bill provides that if a client, patient, or individual receiving services is unable to consent to the review of his medical and social records and has no legal representative, and access to the records is necessary to investigate a complaint, access shall be granted to the extent necessary to conduct the investigation. The bill provides that access also shall be granted if a legal representative of the client, patient, or individual receiving services refuses to give consent and the entity has reasonable cause to believe that the legal representative is not acting in the best interests of the client, patient, or individual receiving services. This bill is identical to SB 572.
FULL TEXT
- 12/29/13 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14101547D pdf | impact statement
- 01/23/14 House: Committee substitute printed 14103957D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/20/14 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB240ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/05/14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0120) pdf
HISTORY
- 12/29/13 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14101547D
- 12/29/13 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/09/14 House: Assigned HWI sub: # 1
- 01/21/14 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (11-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/14 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/14 House: Committee substitute printed 14103957D-H1
- 01/24/14 House: Read first time
- 01/27/14 House: Read second time
- 01/27/14 House: Committee substitute agreed to 14103957D-H1
- 01/27/14 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB240H1
- 01/28/14 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/14 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/14 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/29/14 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/06/14 Senate: Rereferred from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/14 Senate: Rereferred to Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 02/14/14 Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (13-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/14 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/14 Senate: Read third time
- 02/18/14 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/14 House: Enrolled
- 02/20/14 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB240ER)
- 02/20/14 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/22/14 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/05/14 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 120 (effective 7/1/14)
- 03/05/14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0120)