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2016 SESSION

16101566D
SENATE BILL NO. 553
Offered January 13, 2016
Prefiled January 13, 2016
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 32.1-138.01, relating to nursing facilities; electronic monitoring.
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Patron-- Cosgrove
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Referred to Committee on Education and Health
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 32.1-138.01 as follows:

§ 32.1-138.01. Requests for electronic monitoring.

No nursing facility shall refuse a request made by a resident who is capable of making an informed decision or, if a resident is not capable of making an informed decision, by his authorized representative for electronic monitoring of such resident's room.