Virginia House Bill 1970 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on March 5 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-03-05 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0211)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Telemedicine services; coverage. Requires insurers, corporations, or health maintenance organizations to cover medically necessary remote patient monitoring services as part of their coverage of telemedicine services to the full extent that these services are available. The bill defines remote patient monitoring services as the delivery of home health services using telecommunications technology to enhance the delivery of home health care, including monitoring of clinical patient data such as weight, blood pressure, pulse, pulse oximetry, blood glucose, and other condition-specific data; medication adherence monitoring; and interactive video conferencing with or without digital image upload. The bill requires the Board of Medical Assistance Services to include in the state plan for medical assistance services a provision for the payment of medical assistance for medically necessary health care services provided through telemedicine services. This bill is identical to SB 1221.

Telemedicine services; payment and coverage of services.

Del. Terry Kilgore [R]	Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]	Del. Dawn Adams [D]	Del. Jeffrey Campbell [R]
Sen. Chris Head [R]	Sen. John McGuire [R]	Del. Sam Rasoul [D]

2019-02-13 - House - House: VOTE: ADOPTION (97-Y 0-N) (Y: 97 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-08 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-04 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE #2 (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-04 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N) (Y: 97 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-29 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-23 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-05		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0211)
2019-03-05		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 211 (effective 7/1/19)
2019-02-19		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
2019-02-19	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 19, 2019
2019-02-15	Senate	Signed by President
2019-02-15	House	Signed by Speaker
2019-02-15	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1970ER)
2019-02-15	House	Enrolled
2019-02-13	House	VOTE: ADOPTION (97-Y 0-N)
2019-02-13	House	Senate amendment agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
2019-02-13	House	Placed on Calendar
2019-02-11	Senate	Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
2019-02-11	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended
2019-02-11	Senate	Committee amendment agreed to
2019-02-11	Senate	Read third time
2019-02-08	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2019-02-07	Senate	Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
2019-02-05	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2019-02-05	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2019-02-04	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE #2 (99-Y 0-N)
2019-02-04	House	Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2019-02-04	House	Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
2019-02-04	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
2019-02-04	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
2019-02-01	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1970H1
2019-02-01	House	Committee substitute agreed to 19105496D-H1
2019-02-01	House	Read second time
2019-01-31	House	Read first time
2019-01-29	House	Committee substitute printed 19105496D-H1
2019-01-29	House	Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
2019-01-23	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
2019-01-11	House	Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1
2019-01-07	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2019-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102304D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
32	1	325	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	3418.16	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	2901	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	2903	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1970
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1970+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1970H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1970ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0211+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H1201V0011+HB1970
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H12V0050+HB1970
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV2145+HB1970
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV2219+HB1970
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S04V0189+HB1970
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0488HB1970+HB1970
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0492HB1970+HB1970
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV2791+HB1970