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Bill Public health emergency; hospital or nursing home, addition of beds. Public health emergency; hospital or nursing home; addition of beds. Creates an exemption from the requirement for a certificate of public need or a license for the temporary addition of beds located in a temporary structure or satellite location by a hospital or nursing home in cases in which the Board of Health or the Commissioner of Health (the Commissioner) has entered an emergency order for the purpose of suppressing a nuisance dangerous to public health or a communicable, contagious, or infectious disease or other danger to the public life and health, provided that the ability remains to safely staff services across the existing hospital or nursing home, and provides that such exemption shall apply for the duration of the emergency order plus 30 days. The bill also expands the duration of the existing exemption from the requirement for a certificate of public need or a license for the addition of temporary beds when the 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 to the duration of such determination plus 30 days and makes clear that such exemption shall apply to the temporary addition of beds located in a temporary structure or satellite location by a hospital or nursing home. This bill is identical to SB 130. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2022 HB 900 Virginia HB 900 (2022)
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Virginia HB 900 (2022) — Public health emergency; hospital or nursing home, addition of beds.

Public health emergency; hospital or nursing home; addition of beds. Creates an exemption from the requirement for a certificate of public need or a license for the temporary addition of beds located in a temporary structure or satellite location by a hospital or nursing home in cases in which the Board of Health or the Commissioner of Health (the Commissioner) has entered an emergency order for the purpose of suppressing a nuisance dangerous to public health or a communicable, contagious, or infectious disease or other danger to the public life and health, provided that the ability remains to safely staff services across the existing hospital or nursing home, and provides that such exemption shall apply for the duration of the emergency order plus 30 days. The bill also expands the duration of the existing exemption from the requirement for a certificate of public need or a license for the addition of temporary beds when the 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 to the duration of such determination plus 30 days and makes clear that such exemption shall apply to the temporary addition of beds located in a temporary structure or satellite location by a hospital or nursing home. This bill is identical to SB 130.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0772 (committee substitute) — source
  2. HB900ER (committee substitute) — source
  3. HB900ER2 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102131D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (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
  • VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • G. "John" Avoli — primary (person)
  • Bill D. Wiley — cosponsor (person)
  • Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102131D introduction
  • 2022-01-12 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
  • 2022-01-21 Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
  • 2022-01-21 Impact statement from DPB (HB900)
  • 2022-02-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-10 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-02-13 Read first time reading-1
  • 2022-02-14 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2022-02-15 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2022-02-15 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2022-02-16 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2022-02-24 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-02-25 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-28 Passed by for the day
  • 2022-03-01 Read third time reading-3
  • 2022-03-01 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2022-03-03 Enrolled
  • 2022-03-03 Signed by Speaker
  • 2022-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (HB900ER)
  • 2022-03-04 Signed by President
  • 2022-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
  • 2022-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
  • 2022-04-11 Governor's recommendation received by House
  • 2022-04-27 Placed on Calendar
  • 2022-04-27 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (100-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-04-27 VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-04-27 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-04-27 Governor's recommendation adopted
  • 2022-04-27 Reenrolled
  • 2022-04-27 Reenrolled bill text (HB900ER2)
  • 2022-04-27 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
  • 2022-04-27 Signed by President as reenrolled
  • 2022-04-27 Enacted, Chapter 772 (effective 7/1/22) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d6f50900-77eb-4d65-808c-3a2e3bde13fe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).