republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/hb-1366.md

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Bill	Home care organization; licensure, multiple locations.	Provides that any licensed home care organization may establish one or more branch offices serving portions of the total geographic area served by the licensee, provided that each branch office operates under the supervision and administrative control of the licensee and that the address of each branch office is submitted to the Department of Health and included on any license issued to the licensee. The bill directs the Department of Health to issue an updated license including the address of the newly established branch office to the home care organization within 10 business days of receipt of notice that the home care organization has established the branch office. Currently, a licensed home care organization cannot establish branch offices unless the Commissioner of Health issues a license authorizing the licensee to provide services at one or more branch offices and the address of each branch office is listed on such license.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	HB 1366	Virginia HB 1366 (2018)	bill	Health	enacted	Richard P. Bell	3	18	8	2018-01-11	2018-03-02	openstates	ocd-bill/8898f908-1df6-4711-a7cf-7c565ce11693	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB1366	e6d95af938a46f0c92272f2ce3a9d9af946216084a494e4547814df2a1da8d88	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1366 (2018) — Home care organization; licensure, multiple locations.

Provides that any licensed home care organization may establish one or more branch offices serving portions of the total geographic area served by the licensee, provided that each branch office operates under the supervision and administrative control of the licensee and that the address of each branch office is submitted to the Department of Health and included on any license issued to the licensee. The bill directs the Department of Health to issue an updated license including the address of the newly established branch office to the home care organization within 10 business days of receipt of notice that the home care organization has established the branch office. Currently, a licensed home care organization cannot establish branch offices unless the Commissioner of Health issues a license authorizing the licensee to provide services at one or more branch offices and the address of each branch office is listed on such license.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1366ER) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Presented and ordered printed 18104827D (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Printed as engrossed 18104827D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — 5–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House — 98–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments — 21–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Richard P. Bell — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2018-01-11 Presented and ordered printed 18104827D introduction
• 2018-01-11 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2018-01-19 Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
• 2018-02-08 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-02-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-02-09 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2018-02-09 Engrossed by House as amended HB1366E
• 2018-02-09 Printed as engrossed 18104827D-E
• 2018-02-12 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 1-A) passage, reading-3
• 2018-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2018-02-13 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2018-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2018-02-22 Enrolled
• 2018-02-22 Signed by Speaker
• 2018-02-23 Signed by President
• 2018-02-26 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
• 2018-02-26 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
• 2018-03-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 105 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8898f908-1df6-4711-a7cf-7c565ce11693. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).