Committee advances bill to codify nursing-home services, visitation and billing protections
The Senate Committee on Health, Hospitals and Human Services voted to forward bill 36-0003, as amended, which would add Chapter 76 to Title 19 of the Virgin Islands Code to define services nursing homes and assisted-living facilities must provide and to set visitation and billing protections.
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The Senate Committee on Health, Hospitals and Human Services voted to forward bill 36-0003, as amended, to the Committee on Rules and Judiciary after testimony from the Attorney General’s Office, the Department of Human Services (DHS), AARP and others and a recorded committee vote of 5 in favor, 0 opposed, 2 excused.
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