Virginia House Bill 1226 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Passed on March 31 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-31 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0577)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Collection of debts by hospitals affiliated with public institutions of higher education. Prohibits the Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority and the University of Virginia Medical Center from participating in debt collection efforts pursuant to the Virginia Debt Collection Act or the Setoff Debt Collection Act unless all reasonable efforts have been made to determine if the individual with delinquent debt is eligible for financial assistance. The bill requires both hospitals to develop debt collection policies that adhere, at a minimum, to Internal Revenue Service policies regarding financial assistance by tax-exempt hospitals as they were in effect on January 1, 2020.

Higher educational institutions, public; collection of debts by hospitals affiliated w/institutions.

Del. Kathy Tran [D]

Del. Sally Hudson [D]

Del. Chris Hurst [D]

2020-02-24 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-21 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) (Y: 32 N: 0 NV: 8 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-06 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-31 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations (18-Y 1-N) (Y: 18 N: 1 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-30 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-28 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 0-N) (Y: 5 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-31		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0577)
2020-03-31		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 577 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-11		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-11	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2020
2020-03-02	Senate	Signed by President
2020-02-28	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-02-28	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1226ER)
2020-02-28	House	Enrolled
2020-02-24	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-24	Senate	Read third time
2020-02-21	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
2020-02-20	Senate	Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
2020-02-14	Senate	Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
2020-02-07	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2020-02-07	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-06	House	VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N)
2020-02-06	House	Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N)
2020-02-05	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1226H1
2020-02-05	House	Committee substitute agreed to 20106870D-H1
2020-02-05	House	Read second time
2020-02-04	House	Read first time
2020-01-31	House	Reported from Appropriations (18-Y 1-N)
2020-01-30	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2020-01-30	House	Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
2020-01-30	House	Committee substitute printed 20106870D-H1
2020-01-28	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2020-01-28	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 0-N)
2020-01-22	House	Assigned HWI sub: Health
2020-01-16	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2020-01-16	House	Referred from General Laws by voice vote
2020-01-07	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2020-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103924D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	4806	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	1	522	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1226
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1226+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1226H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1226ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0577+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H1201V0029+HB1226
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H12V0084+HB1226
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H02V0063+HB1226
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0467+HB1226
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S04V0297+HB1226
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0846HB1226+HB1226
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0863HB1226+HB1226