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Bill Nursing homes; VDH to convene work group related to increasing availability of clinical workforce. Department of Health; work group; nursing home workforce. Directs the Department of Health to convene a work group to review and make recommendations on increasing the availability of the clinical workforce for nursing homes in the Commonwealth. The work group shall include stakeholder groups as appropriate. The bill directs the Department to collaborate with the Department of Health Professions, the Governor's Chief Workforce Development Advisor, and other state agencies as appropriate. The bill directs the Department to report all recommendations to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions on or before November 15, 2020. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2020 SB 397 Virginia SB 397 (2020)
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Virginia SB 397 (2020) — Nursing homes; VDH to convene work group related to increasing availability of clinical workforce.

Department of Health; work group; nursing home workforce. Directs the Department of Health to convene a work group to review and make recommendations on increasing the availability of the clinical workforce for nursing homes in the Commonwealth. The work group shall include stakeholder groups as appropriate. The bill directs the Department to collaborate with the Department of Health Professions, the Governor's Chief Workforce Development Advisor, and other state agencies as appropriate. The bill directs the Department to report all recommendations to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions on or before November 15, 2020.

Version chain

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

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0932) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB397ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Impact statement from DPB (SB397S1) (committee substitute) — source
  4. Impact statement from DPB (SB397S1) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 370 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Jennifer A. Kiggans — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104781D introduction
  • 2020-01-06 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2020-01-17 Assigned Education sub: Health referral-committee
  • 2020-01-30 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-01-30 Committee substitute printed 20107146D-S1 substitution
  • 2020-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-01-31 Impact statement from DPB (SB397S1)
  • 2020-02-03 Read second time reading-2
  • 2020-02-03 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2020-02-03 Committee substitute agreed to 20107146D-S1
  • 2020-02-03 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB397S1
  • 2020-02-04 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2020-02-13 Placed on Calendar
  • 2020-02-13 Read first time reading-1
  • 2020-02-13 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
  • 2020-02-13 Assigned HWI sub: Health referral-committee
  • 2020-02-18 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-25 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-27 Read second time reading-2
  • 2020-02-28 Read third time reading-3
  • 2020-02-28 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2020-02-28 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-03-05 Enrolled
  • 2020-03-05 Impact statement from DPB (SB397ER)
  • 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
  • 2020-03-07 Signed by President
  • 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
  • 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
  • 2020-04-09 Approved by Governor-Chapter 932 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2633b709-cd30-442c-a0dc-386f90613faf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).