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This fast-track action is being utilized to conform 12VAC5-410-10 et seq. to the Code of Virginia and to update out-of-date regulatory provisions. Changes include amendments to address mandates found in: • Chapters 80 and 81 of the 2022 Acts of Assembly (minimum standards for any hospital that voluntarily installs a newborn safety device for the reception of children); • Chapter 218 of the 2022 Acts of Assembly (requiring hospitals that makes minors’ health records available to minors through a secure website to also make the health records available to the minor’s parent or guardian through the same website); • Chapters 678 and 679 of the 2022 Acts of Assembly (minimum standards for payment plans and providing information about charity care and financial assistance policies); • Chapter 72 of the 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I (prohibition on discriminating against health insurance enrollee on the basis of the enrollee being a litigant or potential litigant due to a motor vehicle accident); • Chapter 220 of the 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I (minimum requirements for designated support persons); • Chapters 1080 and 1081 of the 2020 Acts of Assembly (prohibition on balance billing); • Chapter 1088 of the 2020 Acts of Assembly (quarterly reporting of hospital employment of certified sexual assault nurse examiners); and • Chapters 177 and 222 of the 2005 Acts of Assembly (design and construction guidelines for hospitals). The changes also include minimum requirements for long-term care nursing units that are certified nursing facilities as required by Article 1 (§ 32.1-123 et seq.) of Chapter 5 of Title 32.1 of the Code of Virginia, updating breast milk storage requirements, removing unused terminology, improving terminology consistency, providing definitions for terms to match current clinical and industry practices, moving regulatory provisions to the appropriate part of 12VAC5-410-10 et seq., and revising provisions related to the licensing process and oversight procedures.
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