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This law was first created in 1995. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 649<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 4 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2002, chapter 747<\/a>; in 2003, chapter 526<\/a>; in 2007, chapter 397<\/a>; in 2016, chapter 598<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":77748,"section_number":"32.1-162.1","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-162.1\/"},{"id":83472,"section_number":"63.2-1805","catch_line":"Admissions and discharge; mandatory minimum liability insurance","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1805\/"}],"permalink":{"id":272385,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85956,"identifier":"63.2-1806","token":"63.2\/IV\/18\/1\/63.2-1806","url":"\/63.2-1806\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-1806\/","token":"63.2\/IV\/18\/1\/63.2-1806","dublin_core":{"Title":"Hospice care","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-1806","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Notwithstanding \u00a7 63.2-1805<\/a>, at the request of the resident, hospice care may be provided in an assisted living facility<\/span> under the same requirements for hospice programs provided in Article 7 (\u00a7 32.1-162.1<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 5 of Title 32.1, if the hospice program determines that such program is appropriate for the resident. However, to the extent allowed by federal law<\/span>, no assisted living facility<\/span> shall be required to provide or allow hospice care if such hospice care restrictions are included in a disclosure statement<\/span> that is signed by the resident prior to admission.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHOSPICE CARE (\u00a7 63.2-1806)\n\nNotwithstanding \u00a7 63.2-1805, at the request of the resident, hospice care may\nbe provided in an assisted living facility under the same requirements for\nhospice programs provided in Article 7 (\u00a7 32.1-162.1 et seq.) of Chapter 5 of\nTitle 32.1, if the hospice program determines that such program is appropriate\nfor the resident. However, to the extent allowed by federal law, no assisted\nliving facility shall be required to provide or allow hospice care if such\nhospice care restrictions are included in a disclosure statement that is signed\nby the resident prior to admission.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, c. 649, \u00a7 63.1-174.2; 2002, c. 747; 2003, c. 526; 2007, c. 397;\n2016, c. 598.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}