HB5610Introduced in the House of Delegates
Authorizing Monitoring Devices in Long-term Care Facilities
Introduced by Shawn Fluharty, District 5
What does this bill do?
Plain-English breakdown
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Official description
The purpose of this bill is to authorize family members to install monitors at long-term care facilities to check on elderly or disabled family members who in many cases cannot speak for themselves; establishes requirements to assure privacy of other residents; establishes conditions for use of the monitors; and establishes misdemeanor penalties for interfering with the monitoring.
Where it stands
To House Health and Human Resources
February 16, 2026
How did lawmakers vote?
No recorded vote is available for this bill yet.
Bill history
Filed for introduction
To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
Introduced in House
To House Health and Human Resources
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