Virginia Senate Bill 201 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Passed on April 11 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-04-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0679)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Hospitals; financial assistance; payment plans. Requires hospitals to make reasonable efforts to screen every uninsured patient, defined in the bill, to determine whether the individual is eligible for medical assistance pursuant to the state plan for medical assistance or for financial assistance under the hospital's financial assistance policy and to inform every uninsured patient who receives services at the hospital and who is determined to be eligible for assistance under the hospital's financial assistance policy of the option to enter into a payment plan with the hospital. The bill also prohibits hospitals from engaging in extraordinary collection actions to recover a debt for medical services against any patient unless the hospital has made all reasonable efforts to determine whether the patient qualifies for medical assistance pursuant to the state plan for medical assistance or is eligible for financial assistance under the hospital's financial assistance policy and requires hospitals to annually report data and information regarding the amount of charity care, discounted care, and financial assistance provided under the hospital's financial assistance policy and the amount of uncollected bad debt.

Hospitals; financial assistance for uninsured patient, payment plans.

Sen. Barbara Favola [D]

Sen. Ghazala Hashmi [D]

2022-03-11 - Senate - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-03-11 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2022-03-10 - Senate - Senate: Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-03-08 - Senate - Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N) (Y: 0 N: 39 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [FAIL]
2022-03-07 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2022-03-02 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-03-01 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-02-24 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-14 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-14 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-10 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-04-11		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0679)
2022-04-11		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 679 (effective 7/1/22)
2022-03-22		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
2022-03-22	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
2022-03-22	House	Signed by Speaker
2022-03-21	Senate	Signed by President
2022-03-21	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB201ER)
2022-03-21	Senate	Enrolled
2022-03-11	Senate	Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2022-03-11	House	VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
2022-03-11	House	Conference report agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
2022-03-10	Senate	Conference substitute printed 22107713D-S2
2022-03-10		Conference: Amended by conference committee
2022-03-10	House	Delegates: Orrock, Head, Tran
2022-03-10	House	Conferees appointed by House
2022-03-10	Senate	Senators: Favola, Barker, Newman
2022-03-10	Senate	Conferees appointed by Senate
2022-03-10	Senate	Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
2022-03-09	House	House requested conference committee
2022-03-09	House	House insisted on substitute
2022-03-08	Senate	House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N)
2022-03-07	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
2022-03-07	House	Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
2022-03-07	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB201H1
2022-03-07	House	Committee substitute agreed to 22107061D-H1
2022-03-07	House	Read third time
2022-03-04	House	Read second time
2022-03-02	House	Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N)
2022-03-01	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
2022-02-25	House	Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
2022-02-24	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2022-02-24	House	Committee substitute printed 22107061D-H1
2022-02-24	House	Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
2022-02-22	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2022-02-22	House	Read first time
2022-02-22	House	Placed on Calendar
2022-02-14	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2022-02-14	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2022-02-14	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB201S1
2022-02-14	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 22106183D-S1
2022-02-14	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2022-02-14	Senate	Read second time
2022-02-11	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2022-02-10	Senate	Incorporates SB245 (Hashmi)
2022-02-10	Senate	Committee substitute printed 22106183D-S1
2022-02-10	Senate	Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
2022-01-10	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2022-01-10	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104042D

SB245 (Similar To) 2022-02-03 - Incorporated by Education and Health
SB245 (Similar To) 2022-02-03 - Incorporated by Education and Health
HB1071 (Same As) 2022-04-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0678)
HB1071 (Same As) 2022-04-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0678)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
32	1	137.09	(n/a)	See Bill Text
32	1	276.5	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB201
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB201+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB201S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB201H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB201S2+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB201ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0679+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/22106183D.pdf
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+amd+SB201AC
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+SB201F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+SB201FS1122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+SB201FH1122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+SB201FS2122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+SB201FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+S04V0162+SB0201
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0357SB0201+SB0201
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0397SB0201+SB0201
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0398SB0201+SB0201
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H12V0158+SB0201
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H0205V0088+SB0201
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H02V0233+SB0201
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+HV1485+SB0201
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0868SB0201+SB0201
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+HV1757+SB0201
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV1104SB0201+SB0201
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV1040SB0201+SB0201