Virginia House Bill 481 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-4)
Status: Passed on April 11 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-04-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0297)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Hospitals; price transparency. Requires every hospital to make information about standard charges for items and services provided by the hospital available on the hospital's website by July 1, 2023. The bill directs the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to develop recommendations for implementation of the bill and to report those recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by November 1, 2022. Hospitals; price transparency. Requires every hospital to make information about standard charges for items and services provided by the hospital available on the hospital's website by July 1, 2023. The bill directs the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to develop recommendations for implementation of the bill and to report those recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by November 1, 2022.

Hospitals; price transparency.

Del. Dan Helmer [D]	Del. Dawn Adams [D]	Del. Matt Fariss [R]	Del. Sally Hudson [D]
Del. Timothy Anderson [R]	Del. Elizabeth Bennett-Parker [D]	Del. David Bulova [D]	Del. Nadarius Clark [D]
Del. Jackie Glass [D]	Del. Clinton Jenkins [D]	Del. Dave LaRock [R]	Del. Sam Rasoul [D]
Sen. Suhas Subramanyam [D]	Del. Michael Webert [R]

2022-03-09 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N) (Y: 97 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2022-03-08 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-03-07 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2022-03-03 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-15 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (98-Y 1-N) (Y: 98 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-02-10 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (19-Y 2-N) (Y: 19 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-02-08 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-04-11		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0297)
2022-04-11		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 297 (effective 7/1/23)
2022-03-22		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
2022-03-22	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
2022-03-11	Senate	Signed by President
2022-03-11	House	Signed by Speaker
2022-03-11	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB481ER)
2022-03-11	House	Enrolled
2022-03-09	House	VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N)
2022-03-09	House	Senate substitute agreed to by House 22107208D-S1 (97-Y 0-N)
2022-03-08	Senate	Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)
2022-03-08	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB481S1
2022-03-08	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 22107208D-S1
2022-03-08	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2022-03-08	Senate	Read third time
2022-03-07	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2022-03-04	Senate	Passed by for the day
2022-03-03	Senate	Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
2022-03-03	Senate	Committee substitute printed 22107208D-S1
2022-02-21	Senate	Assigned Education sub: Health
2022-02-16	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2022-02-16	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2022-02-15	House	VOTE: Passage (98-Y 1-N)
2022-02-15	House	Read third time and passed House (98-Y 1-N)
2022-02-14	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB481H1
2022-02-14	House	Committee substitute agreed to 22106360D-H1
2022-02-14	House	Read second time
2022-02-13	House	Read first time
2022-02-10	House	Committee substitute printed 22106360D-H1
2022-02-10	House	Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (19-Y 2-N)
2022-02-08	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N)
2022-01-21	House	Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3
2022-01-11	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2022-01-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101862D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
32	1	137.05	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB481
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB481+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB481H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB481S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB481ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0297+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/22105159D.pdf
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/22106360D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+HB481F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+HB481FH1122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+HB481FS1122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+HB481FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H1203V0022+HB0481
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H12V0097+HB0481
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+HV0986+HB0481
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+S04V0286+HB0481
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0829HB0481+HB0481
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0910HB0481+HB0481
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+HV1703+HB0481