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2008 SESSION

084049820
HOUSE BILL NO. 604
Offered January 10, 2007
Prefiled January 8, 2008
A BILL to allow certain hospice facilities to continue operating pending the promulgation of final licensure regulations.
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Patrons-- O'Bannon and Toscano
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Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  § 1. Continued operation of certain hospice facilities.

Notwithstanding the provisions of § 32.1-162.3 of the Code of Virginia, any hospice facility operating as of January 1, 2008, in independent cities within Planning District 7, 10, or 11 shall be authorized to continue operating, pending the promulgation of final licensure regulations by the Board of Health as required by § 32.1-162.5 of the Code of Virginia.

2. That an emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.