Virginia House Bill 1571 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 13 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-03-13 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0478)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Workers' compensation; fees for medical services. Provides that the pecuniary liability of an employer for a medical service provided for the treatment of a traumatic injury or serious burn includes liability for any professional service rendered during the dates of service of the admission or transfer to a Level I or Level II trauma center or to a burn center, as applicable. The measure increases the initial charge outlier threshold, which under the stop-loss feature allows hospitals to receive payments or reimbursements that exceed the fee schedule amount for certain claims, from 150 percent of the maximum fee for the service set forth in the applicable fee schedule to 300 percent of such amount. The measure allows the Workers' Compensation Commission to adjust the charge outlier threshold percentage; under existing law, it is allowed only to decrease the percentage. The measure also (i) expands the definition of codes, as used in the provision directing the Commission to establish fee schedules for scheduled medical services, to include revenue codes, which are defined in the bill; (ii) clarifies the definition of "HCPCS codes"; (iii) directs the Commission to use the regulatory advisory panel on all matters involving or related to the fee schedule as deemed necessary by the Commission; (iv) adds a definition of "new type of technology"; and (v) extends the deadline by which the regulatory advisory panel is required to meet, review, and make recommendations to the Commission from July 1, 2017, to July 1, 2018. The bill contains an emergency clause.

Workers' compensation; fees for medical services.

Del. Peter Farrell [R]

2017-02-16 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-16 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-16 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-15 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-18 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (96-Y 0-N) (Y: 96 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-12 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-13		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0478)
2017-03-13		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 478 (effective 3/13/17)
2017-02-21		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
2017-02-21	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
2017-02-21	Senate	Signed by President
2017-02-20	House	Signed by Speaker
2017-02-20	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1571ER)
2017-02-20	House	Enrolled
2017-02-16	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2017-02-16	Senate	Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2017-02-16	Senate	Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2017-02-16	Senate	Read third time
2017-02-15	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2017-02-13	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N)
2017-01-19	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2017-01-19	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2017-01-18	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (96-Y 0-N)
2017-01-18	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N)
2017-01-17	House	Printed as engrossed 17102180D-E
2017-01-17	House	Engrossed by House as amended HB1571E
2017-01-17	House	Committee amendments agreed to
2017-01-17	House	Read second time
2017-01-16	House	Read first time
2017-01-12	House	Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (22-Y 0-N)
2017-01-02	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2017-01-02	House	Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/13/16 17102180D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
65	2	605	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1571
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1571+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1571E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1571ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0478+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+H14V0026+HB1571
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+HV1481+HB1571
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+S02V0081+HB1571
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV0554HB1571+HB1571
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV0597HB1571+HB1571
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV0598HB1571+HB1571
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV0599HB1571+HB1571