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Bill Certificate of public need; nursing homes and hospitals, establishing a disaster exemption. Provides for a 30-day exemption from the requirement to obtain a certificate of public need for an increase in the total number of beds in existing hospitals or nursing homes if the State Health Commissioner has determined that a natural or man-made disaster has caused the evacuation of a hospital or nursing home and that a public health emergency exists due to a shortage of hospital or nursing home beds. The Board of Health shall adopt regulations for this exemption. This bill is identical to us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2019 HB 1870 Virginia HB 1870 (2019)
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Virginia HB 1870 (2019) — Certificate of public need; nursing homes and hospitals, establishing a disaster exemption.

Provides for a 30-day exemption from the requirement to obtain a certificate of public need for an increase in the total number of beds in existing hospitals or nursing homes if the State Health Commissioner has determined that a natural or man-made disaster has caused the evacuation of a hospital or nursing home and that a public health emergency exists due to a shortage of hospital or nursing home beds. The Board of Health shall adopt regulations for this exemption. This bill is identical to

Version chain

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

  1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0136) (committee substitute) — source
  2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1870ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. House: Committee substitute printed 19104504D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101516D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 980 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education and Health — 150 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Mark D. Sickles — primary (person)
  • Richard P. Bell — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-01-03 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101516D introduction
  • 2019-01-03 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
  • 2019-01-28 Read first time reading-1
  • 2019-01-29 Read second time reading-2
  • 2019-01-29 Committee substitute agreed to 19104504D-H1
  • 2019-01-29 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1870H1
  • 2019-01-30 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2019-01-30 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
  • 2019-01-30 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2019-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2019-01-31 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2019-02-11 Read third time reading-3
  • 2019-02-13 Enrolled
  • 2019-02-13 Signed by Speaker
  • 2019-02-14 Signed by President
  • 2019-02-15 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 15, 2019
  • 2019-02-15 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 22, 2019
  • 2019-02-22 Approved by Governor-Chapter 136 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e081a22a-1e66-46fc-a5b0-c114acf10132. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).