Virginia House Bill 826 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: Passed on April 7 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-07 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0841)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

State plan for medical assistance; perinatal birth workers. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to convene a work group to (i) evaluate the potential costs and benefits, including potential reductions in maternal and infant mortality rates, of amending the state plan for medical assistance services to include a provision for the payment of medical assistance for antepartum, intrapartum, or postpartum services provided to a pregnant person or to a person who is up to one year postpartum for labor and delivery support by a certified doula and at least four visits during the antenatal period and at least seven visits during the postpartum period with a certified doula and (ii) develop recommendations related to an appropriate reimbursement rate for such services provided by certified doulas. The work group shall report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations by December 1, 2020.

State plan for medical assistance; payment for services provided by certified doulas.

Sen. Jennifer Carroll Foy [D]	Del. Dawn Adams [D]	Del. Hala Ayala [D]	Del. Patrick Hope [D]
Del. Clinton Jenkins [D]	Del. Mark Levine [D]	Del. Sam Rasoul [D]	Del. Ibraheem Samirah [D]
Del. Marcus Simon [D]

2020-03-02 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-28 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-27 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-10 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-05 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-05 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-05 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-30 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-28 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-07		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0841)
2020-04-07		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 841 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-12		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-12	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
2020-03-06	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-06	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-05	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB826ER)
2020-03-05	House	Enrolled
2020-03-02	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2020-03-02	Senate	Read third time
2020-02-28	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
2020-02-27	Senate	Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)
2020-02-11	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2020-02-11	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-10	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
2020-02-10	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2020-02-07	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB826H1
2020-02-07	House	Committee on Appropriations substitute agreed to 20107706D-H1
2020-02-07	House	Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions amendments rejected
2020-02-07	House	Read second time
2020-02-06	House	Read first time
2020-02-05	House	Committee substitute printed 20107706D-H1
2020-02-05	House	Reported from Appropriations with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
2020-02-05	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
2020-01-30	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2020-01-30	House	Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (22-Y 0-N)
2020-01-30	House	Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
2020-01-28	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2020-01-28	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N)
2020-01-17	House	Assigned HWI sub: Health
2020-01-07	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2020-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104932D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
32	1	325	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB826
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB826+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB826H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB826ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0841+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H1201V0026+HB0826
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H12V0081+HB0826
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H0205V0055+HB0826
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H02V0118+HB0826
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H02V0171+HB0826
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0755+HB0826
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S04V0320+HB0826
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1300HB0826+HB0826
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1372HB0826+HB0826