republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-686.md

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Bill	Assisted living facilities; regulations governing individualized service plans.	Assisted living facilities; individualized service plans. Requires the Board of Social Services to amend its regulations governing assisted living facility individualized service plans to require (i) that individualized service plans be reviewed and updated (a) at least once every 12 months or (b) sooner if modifications to the plan are needed due to a significant change in the resident's condition and (ii) that any deviation from the individualized service plan be documented in writing or electronically, include a description of the circumstances warranting deviation and the date such deviation will occur, certify that notice of such deviation was provided to the resident or his legal representative, be included in the resident's file, and in the case of deviations that are made due to a significant change in the resident's condition, be signed by an authorized representative of the assisted living facility and the resident or his legal representative.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 686	Virginia SB 686 (2020)	bill		enacted	T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason	3	28	7	2020-01-07	2020-04-09	openstates	ocd-bill/2412d7c3-c045-4f59-9382-350f2146760b	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB686	ab9f225bad1803576ffb03a2a41de5164ab44c0706a8ccc191ec5bbc8e63266d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 686 (2020) — Assisted living facilities; regulations governing individualized service plans.

Assisted living facilities; individualized service plans. Requires the Board of Social Services to amend its regulations governing assisted living facility individualized service plans to require (i) that individualized service plans be reviewed and updated (a) at least once every 12 months or (b) sooner if modifications to the plan are needed due to a significant change in the resident's condition and (ii) that any deviation from the individualized service plan be documented in writing or electronically, include a description of the circumstances warranting deviation and the date such deviation will occur, certify that notice of such deviation was provided to the resident or his legal representative, be included in the resident's file, and in the case of deviations that are made due to a significant change in the resident's condition, be signed by an authorized representative of the assisted living facility and the resident or his legal representative.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0938) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB686ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from DPB (SB686) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (2-Y 2-N) — 2–2 (fail) · lower
• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — primary (person)
• Jennifer A. Kiggans — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104983D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2020-01-21 Impact statement from DPB (SB686)
• 2020-01-31 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-04 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-02-05 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: Social Services referral-committee
• 2020-02-20 Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (2-Y 2-N)
• 2020-02-25 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-02-25 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment (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 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2020-02-28 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2020-02-28 Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-28 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-02 House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-06 Enrolled
• 2020-03-06 Impact statement from DPB (SB686ER)
• 2020-03-06 Signed by President
• 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
• 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 938 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2412d7c3-c045-4f59-9382-350f2146760b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).