Virginia Senate Bill 949 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 10 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-10 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1073)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; uncompensated medical costs; victims of sexual assault. Adds to those persons invited to participate in the annual meeting of the group led by the attorney for the Commonwealth to coordinate the multidisciplinary response to criminal sexual assault in each political subdivision (i) local health department district directors; (ii) the administrator of each licensed hospital within the jurisdiction; (iii) the director of each health safety net clinic within the jurisdiction; and (iv) any other local health care providers, or their designees, and authorizes attorneys for the Commonwealth to conduct the sexual assault response team annual meetings using other methods, such as electronic communication means, to encourage attendance. The bill also directs the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to establish a work group to evaluate the feasibility of moving responsibility for the SAFE program from the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission to the Department of Medical Assistance Services and to provide recommendations related to (i) the feasibility and cost of expanding the type of services for which the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund will make awards to include claims or portions of claims based on the claimant's actual expenses incurred for unreimbursed medical costs resulting from sexual abuse, including the cost of physical evidence recovery kit examinations conducted on victims of sexual assault, unreimbursed medical expenses or indebtedness reasonably incurred for medical expenses, expenses attributable to pregnancy resulting from such sexual abuse, and any other reasonable and necessary expenses and indebtedness associated with or attributable to the sexual abuse upon which such claim is based and (ii) the feasibility of transferring responsibility from the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission to the Department of Medical Assistance Services for the Sexual Assault Forensic Examination program (the SAFE program) and related claims for medical expenses related to sexual assault, strangulation, domestic and intimate partner violence, human trafficking, and adult and child abuse. If the work group finds that it is not feasible to move responsibility for the SAFE program and related claims from the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission to the Department of Medical Assistance Services, the work group shall develop recommendations for creation of an efficient, seamless electronic medical claim processing system for hospitals and health care providers that coordinates payments from all available sources, suppresses explanations of benefits, and removes the patient from the medical billing and reimbursement process. The work group's report shall include specific legislative, regulatory, and budgetary changes necessary to implement the work group's recommendations. The work group shall report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations, and the Joint Commission on Health Care by September 1, 2020.

Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; victims of sexual assault, report.

Sen. Louise Lucas [D]

2020-03-02 - Senate - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-28 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-25 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-25 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (32-Y 7-N) (Y: 32 N: 7 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-10 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) (Y: 36 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) (Y: 16 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 5-N 1-A) (Y: 9 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-10		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1073)
2020-04-10		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 1073 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-12		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-12	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
2020-03-06	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-06	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-06	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB949ER)
2020-03-06	Senate	Enrolled
2020-03-02	Senate	Title replaced 20109060D-H1
2020-03-02	Senate	House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2020-02-28	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
2020-02-28	House	Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
2020-02-28	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB949H1
2020-02-28	House	Committee substitute agreed to 20109060D-H1
2020-02-28	House	Read third time
2020-02-27	House	Read second time
2020-02-25	House	Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
2020-02-25	House	Committee substitute printed 20109060D-H1
2020-02-19	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2020-02-19	House	Referred from Courts of Justice by voice vote
2020-02-14	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2020-02-14	House	Read first time
2020-02-14	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-02-11	Senate	Passed Senate (32-Y 7-N)
2020-02-11	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-11	Senate	Printed as engrossed 20106731D-ES1
2020-02-11	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB949ES1
2020-02-11	Senate	Committee amendment agreed to
2020-02-11	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2020-02-11	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 20106731D-S1
2020-02-11	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2020-02-11	Senate	Read second time
2020-02-10	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
2020-02-06	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N)
2020-02-03	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2020-02-03	Senate	Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 5-N 1-A)
2020-02-03	Senate	Committee substitute printed 20106731D-S1
2020-01-13	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2020-01-13	Senate	Presented and ordered printed 20104828D

HB806 (Same As) 2020-04-10 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1072)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
15	2	1627.4	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	368.11:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB949
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB949+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB949S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB949ES1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB949H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB949ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1073+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S03V0176+SB0949
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S05V0272+SB0949
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0457SB0949+SB0949
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0528SB0949+SB0949
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0571SB0949+SB0949
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H12V0368+SB0949
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H12V0415+SB0949
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1647+SB0949
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1357SB0949+SB0949