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| Bill | Hospitals, nursing homes, etc.; regulations, patient access to intelligent personal assistant. | Hospitals, nursing homes, and certified nursing facilities; regulations; patient access to intelligent personal assistant. Directs the Board of Health to amend regulations governing hospitals, nursing homes, and certified nursing facilities to require each hospital, nursing home, and certified nursing facility to establish and implement policies to ensure the permissible access to and use of an intelligent personal assistant provided by the patient while receiving inpatient services. "Intelligent personal assistant" is defined in the bill as a combination of an electronic device and a specialized software application designed to assist users with basic tasks using a combination of natural language processing and artificial intelligence, including such combinations known as "digital assistants" or "virtual assistants." | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2021 | HB 2154 | Virginia HB 2154 (2021) |
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Virginia HB 2154 (2021) — Hospitals, nursing homes, etc.; regulations, patient access to intelligent personal assistant.
Hospitals, nursing homes, and certified nursing facilities; regulations; patient access to intelligent personal assistant. Directs the Board of Health to amend regulations governing hospitals, nursing homes, and certified nursing facilities to require each hospital, nursing home, and certified nursing facility to establish and implement policies to ensure the permissible access to and use of an intelligent personal assistant provided by the patient while receiving inpatient services. "Intelligent personal assistant" is defined in the bill as a combination of an electronic device and a specialized software application designed to assist users with basic tasks using a combination of natural language processing and artificial intelligence, including such combinations known as "digital assistants" or "virtual assistants."
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0219 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 21103464D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
- HB2154ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101654D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
- Rereferred from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Les R. Adams — primary (person)
- Christopher T. Head — cosponsor (person)
- Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
- James E. Edmunds, II — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101654D
introduction - 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
referral-committee - 2021-01-18 Impact statement from DPB (HB2154)
- 2021-01-26 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2021-01-26 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-01-26 Committee substitute printed 21103464D-H1
substitution - 2021-01-26 Read first time
reading-1 - 2021-01-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB2154H1)
- 2021-01-27 Read second time
reading-2 - 2021-01-27 Committee substitute agreed to 21103464D-H1
- 2021-01-27 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2154H1
- 2021-01-28 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2021-01-28 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 2021-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2021-01-29 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
referral-committee - 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-10 Rereferred from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-10 Rereferred to Education and Health
referral-committee - 2021-02-12 Assigned Education sub: Health
referral-committee - 2021-02-18 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-19 Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-22 Read third time
reading-3 - 2021-02-22 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage - 2021-02-25 Enrolled
- 2021-02-25 Impact statement from DPB (HB2154ER)
- 2021-02-25 Signed by President
- 2021-02-26 Signed by Speaker
- 2021-03-01 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
- 2021-03-01 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 2021-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 219 (effective 7/1/21)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b7c8ddb0-ea38-4304-bcbf-654ae7bbd6d4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).