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Bill Assisted living facilities; emergency electrical power source, disclosure to prospective residents. Directs the State Board of Social Services to adopt regulations that require assisted living facilities to disclose to each prospective resident, or his legal representative, in writing in a document provided to the prospective resident or his legal representative and as evidenced by the written acknowledgement of the resident or his legal representative, whether the facility has an on-site emergency electrical power source for the provision of electricity during an interruption of the normal electric power supply and, if the assisted living facility does have an on-site emergency electrical power source, (i) the items for which such on-site emergency electrical power source will supply power in the event of an interruption of the normal electric power supply and (ii) whether staff of the assisted living facility have been trained to maintain and operate such on-site emergency electrical power source to ensure the provision of electricity during an interruption of the normal electrical power supply. The bill also provides that an on-site emergency electrical power source shall include both permanent on-site emergency electrical power sources and portable on-site emergency electrical power sources, provided such portable on-site emergency electrical power source remains on the premises of the assisted living facility at all times. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2019 HB 1815 Virginia HB 1815 (2019)
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Virginia HB 1815 (2019) — Assisted living facilities; emergency electrical power source, disclosure to prospective residents.

Directs the State Board of Social Services to adopt regulations that require assisted living facilities to disclose to each prospective resident, or his legal representative, in writing in a document provided to the prospective resident or his legal representative and as evidenced by the written acknowledgement of the resident or his legal representative, whether the facility has an on-site emergency electrical power source for the provision of electricity during an interruption of the normal electric power supply and, if the assisted living facility does have an on-site emergency electrical power source, (i) the items for which such on-site emergency electrical power source will supply power in the event of an interruption of the normal electric power supply and (ii) whether staff of the assisted living facility have been trained to maintain and operate such on-site emergency electrical power source to ensure the provision of electricity during an interruption of the normal electrical power supply. The bill also provides that an on-site emergency electrical power source shall include both permanent on-site emergency electrical power sources and portable on-site emergency electrical power sources, provided such portable on-site emergency electrical power source remains on the premises of the assisted living facility at all times.

Version chain

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

  1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0602) (committee substitute) — source
  2. House amendments adopted (committee substitute) — source
  3. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1815ER) (committee substitute) — source
  4. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101385D (committee substitute) — source
  5. House: Printed as engrossed 19101385D-E (committee substitute) — source
  6. Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106641D-S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Senate substitute agreed to by House 19106641D-S1 — 960 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate with substitute — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 970 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)
  • Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
  • Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-12-31 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101385D introduction
  • 2018-12-31 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
  • 2018-12-31 Introduced bill reprinted 19101385D
  • 2019-01-17 Read first time reading-1
  • 2019-01-18 Read second time reading-2
  • 2019-01-18 Committee amendment agreed to
  • 2019-01-18 Engrossed by House as amended HB1815E
  • 2019-01-18 Printed as engrossed 19101385D-E
  • 2019-01-21 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2019-01-22 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2019-01-22 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
  • 2019-02-12 Read third time reading-3
  • 2019-02-12 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2019-02-12 Committee substitute agreed to 19106641D-S1
  • 2019-02-12 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1815S1
  • 2019-02-14 Placed on Calendar
  • 2019-02-14 Senate substitute agreed to by House 19106641D-S1 (96-Y 0-N)
  • 2019-02-19 Enrolled
  • 2019-02-19 Signed by Speaker
  • 2019-02-20 Signed by President
  • 2019-02-21 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 21, 2019
  • 2019-02-21 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
  • 2019-03-19 Approved by Governor-Chapter 602 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cb29c7f2-2b4d-4274-8cfa-fe35012ddd4e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).