SB535
Nursing homes and certified nursing facilities; required liability insurance coverage.
Status:
In House
Latest Action:
Feb. 13, 2026
House: Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
Chief Patron:
Mark Obenshain (R)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Nursing homes and certified nursing facilities; required liability insurance coverage.
Provides that regulations of the Board of Health shall require that if a nursing home or certified nursing facility meets its required minimum liability insurance coverage with a claims-made insurance policy, such policy includes an extended reporting period of at least two years.-
Bill History
- 01/13/2026 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100781D
- 01/13/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/30/2026 - Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
- 01/30/2026 - Senate: Senate subcommittee offered
- 02/02/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB535)
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with amendments (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Education and Health Amendments agreed to
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 02/10/2026 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/11/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB535)
- 02/13/2026 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/13/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/13/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
