Nursing homes and certified nursing facilities; required liability insurance coverage.
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “An Act to amend and reenact § 32.1-127 of the Code of Virginia, relating to nursing homes and certified nursing facilities; required liability insurance coverage.” Read the full text
2026 session
What it does
Nursing homes and certified nursing facilities; required liability insurance coverage. Provides that the regulations of the Board of Health shall require purchasers of licensed nursing homes or certified nursing facilities with claims-made policies of liability insurance coverage to purchase an extended reporting endorsement of two years after the date of sale or to purchase liability insurance coverage with dates that begin two years prior to the date the existing owner's policies end.
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Where it is
Introduced · Jan 13, 2026
Acts of Assembly Chapter 505 (latest official status)
Latest official status shown, exactly as the official record states it. The step by step history lives on the official page linked below.
The numbers
1
sponsor on the bill
Sponsors
Mark D. Obenshain
Recorded votes
House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-03 · P · Y 40
Passed House with amendment (95-Y 0-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-02-27 · P · Y 95, X 4
Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (21-Y 1-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-24 · P · Y 21, N 1
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-19 · P · Y 10
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-02-10 · P · Y 40
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-02-06 · P · Y 39, X 1
Reported from Education and Health with amendments (14-Y 0-N)Senate · 2026-02-05 · P · Y 14, X 1
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Virginia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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