Virginia House Bill 1639 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 5 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-03-05 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0209)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Department of Medical Assistance Services; payment for certain services to hospice patients. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to implement a process for direct payment of nursing facility or ICF/MR services for hospice patients receiving services in a nursing facility or ICF/MR, if such patient would be eligible for medical assistance for nursing facility or ICF/MR services had he not elected to receive hospice care. The bill provides that payments made to a nursing facility or ICF/MR shall be the full amount that would be paid to the nursing facility or ICF/MR, if the individual was not receiving hospice services, and shall not reflect any discount to such rates.

Medical Assistance Services, Department of; payment for certain services to hospice patients.

Sen. Chris Head [R]

2019-02-14 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-12 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance (16-Y 0-N) (Y: 16 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-05 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-30 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-29 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-05		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0209)
2019-03-05		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 209 (effective 7/1/19)
2019-02-21		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
2019-02-21	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 21, 2019
2019-02-20	Senate	Signed by President
2019-02-19	House	Signed by Speaker
2019-02-19	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1639ER)
2019-02-19	House	Enrolled
2019-02-14	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2019-02-14	Senate	Read third time
2019-02-13	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2019-02-12	Senate	Reported from Finance (16-Y 0-N)
2019-02-06	Senate	Referred to Committee on Finance
2019-02-06	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2019-02-05	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
2019-02-05	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2019-02-04	House	Read second time and engrossed
2019-02-01	House	Read first time
2019-01-30	House	Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
2019-01-29	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
2019-01-11	House	Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
2018-11-21	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2018-11-21	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100544D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1639
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1639+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1639ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0209+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H0205V0013+HB1639
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H02V0026+HB1639
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV2301+HB1639
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S05V0319+HB1639
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0547HB1639+HB1639
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0633HB1639+HB1639