Professional Liability Insurance Coverage - Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Facilities, Nurse Midwives, and Licensed Certified Midwives - Disclosure (Nyeli Rose Lewis Act of 2026)
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Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “Professional Liability Insurance Coverage - Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Facilities, Nurse Midwives, and Licensed Certified Midwives - Disclosure (Nyeli Rose Lewis Act of 2026)” Read the full text
2026 session
What it does
Requiring nursing homes, assisted living programs, nurse midwives, and licensed certified midwives to notify each resident and prospective resident in writing or by written electronic communication if the nursing home, assisted living program, nurse midwife, or licensed certified midwife either does not maintain professional liability insurance or professional liability insurance coverage has lapsed; and requiring conspicuous posting of the information that the professional liability coverage ha
From the official legislative record, shown verbatim. Not legal advice.
Where it is
First reading, house of origin · Jan 21, 2026
Hearing · Feb 12, 2026
Committee report, house of origin: Favorable with Amendments · Feb 22, 2026
Second reading, house of origin: Passed with Amendments · Feb 17, 2026
Third reading, house of origin: Passed · Feb 19, 2026
First reading, opposite house · Feb 18, 2026
Committee report, opposite house: Favorable · Mar 29, 2026
Second reading, opposite house: Passed · Mar 12, 2026
Third reading, opposite house: Passed · Mar 16, 2026
The numbers
22
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Delegate KaufmanDelegate EmbryDelegate PattersonDelegate RuffDelegate WimsDelegate WoormanDelegate AlstonDelegate BagnallDelegate CullisonDelegate GuzzoneDelegate HillDelegate HutchinsonDelegate Johnson, S.Delegate KipkeDelegate LopezDelegate MartinezDelegate Morgan, M.Delegate ReillyDelegate RosenbergDelegate RossDelegate TaverasDelegate White Holland
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 33 (as of Aug 30, 2026).