VIRGINIA LAW PORTAL

• Code of Virginia
• Virginia Administrative Code
• Constitution of Virginia
• Charters
• Authorities
• Compacts
• Uncodified Acts
• RIS Users (account required)

SEARCHABLE DATABASES

• Bills & Resolutions
  session legislation
• Bill Summaries
  session summaries
• Reports to the General Assembly
  House and Senate documents
• Legislative Liaisons
  State agency contacts

ACROSS SESSIONS

• Subject Index: Since 1995
• Bills & Resolutions: Since 1994
• Summaries: Since 1994

Developed and maintained by the Division of Legislative Automated Systems.

2024 SESSION

• | print version

HB 291 Long-term services and supports screening; expedited screening and screening exemption.

Introduced by: Mike A. Cherry | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Long-term services and supports screening; expedited screening; screening exemption; emergency. Modifies existing provisions regarding the required long-term services and supports screening under the state plan for medical assistance services by creating greater flexibility for how screenings are completed under certain circumstances. Under the bill, any individual receiving inpatient services in an acute care hospital discharged to a nursing facility for skilled care only is not required to be screened prior to discharge from the hospital unless the individual requests the screening. The bill directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill. This bill is identical to SB 24 and contains an emergency clause.

FULL TEXT

• 01/05/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/10/24 24100614D  pdf | impact statement
• 01/24/24  House: Printed as engrossed 24100614D-E  pdf | impact statement
• 02/21/24  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB291ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/08/24  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0024)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• House amendments adopted

HISTORY

• 01/05/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/10/24 24100614D
• 01/05/24  House: Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
• 01/18/24  House: Reported from Health and Human Services (18-Y 4-N)
• 01/22/24  House: Read first time
• 01/23/24  House: Passed by for the day
• 01/24/24  House: Read second time
• 01/24/24  House: Amendment by Delegate Cherry agreed to
• 01/24/24  House: Engrossed by House as amended HB291E
• 01/24/24  House: Printed as engrossed 24100614D-E
• 01/25/24  House: Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N)
• 01/25/24  House: VOTE: Passage Emergency (98-Y 0-N)
• 01/26/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 01/26/24  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 02/15/24  Senate: Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N)
• 02/16/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/24  Senate: Read third time
• 02/19/24  Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/21/24  House: Enrolled
• 02/21/24  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB291ER)
• 02/21/24  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/24/24  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/01/24  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024
• 03/01/24  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 8, 2024
• 03/08/24  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 24 (effective 3/8/24)
• 03/08/24  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0024)