HB 1075

            
2020 SESSION

20104114D

HOUSE BILL NO. 1075


Offered January 8, 2020


Prefiled January 7, 2020

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 7.1 of Chapter 5 of Title 32.1 a section numbered 
 32.1-162.15:2, relating to home care organizations; public disclosure of 
 complaints.
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Patron-- Davis

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Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
 
 
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 7.1 of Chapter 5 of Title 32.1 a section numbered 
 32.1-162.15:2 as follows:
 
 
� 32.1-162.15:2. Public 
 disclosure of complaints; confidentiality.
 
 
The Department shall make 
 available on its website information regarding all complaints received 
 regarding home care organizations or employees thereof, 
 including whether an investigation was conducted in 
 response to the complaint and the Departments ultimate 
 findings on such complaint. However, the 
 identities of the complainant and any patient who is the 
 subject of the complaint shall be confidential and 
 shall not be open to inspection by members of the public. 
 Nothing contained herein shall prevent the Department, in its discretion, from 
 disclosing to the home care organization the 
 nature of the complaint or the identity of the patient who is the subject of 
 the complaint. If the Department intends to rely, in whole or in part, on any 
 statements made by the complainant at any administrative hearing brought 
 against the home care organization, the 
 Department shall disclose the identity of the complainant to the home care 
 organization a reasonable time in advance of such hearing.