VA HB1555 | 2025 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on November 19 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-30 - Failed to report from Health and Human Services with substitute (9-Y 12-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on November 19 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-30 - Failed to report from Health and Human Services with substitute (9-Y 12-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Summary
Health Care Regulatory Sandbox Program established. Requires the Department of Health to establish the Health Care Regulatory Sandbox Program to enable a person to obtain limited access to the market in the Commonwealth to temporarily test an innovative health care product or service on a limited basis without otherwise being licensed or authorized to act under the laws of the Commonwealth. Under the Program, an applicant requests the waiver of certain laws, regulations, or other requirements for a 24-month testing period, with an option to request an additional six-month testing period. The bill provides application requirements, consumer protections, procedures for exiting the Program or requesting an extension, and recordkeeping and reporting requirements. The bill requires the Department to provide an annual report to the Chairs of the House Committee on Health and Human Services and the Senate Committee on Education and Health that provides information regarding each Program participant and recommendations regarding the effectiveness of the Program. The bill directs the Board of Health to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill and has an expiration date of July 1, 2030.
Title
Health Care Regulatory Sandbox Program established.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2025-01-30 - House - Failed to report from Health and Human Services with substitute (9-Y 12-N) (Y: 9 N: 12 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [FAIL]
2025-01-29 - House - Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-01-29 - House - Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-30 | House | Failed to report from Health and Human Services with substitute (9-Y 12-N) |
| 2025-01-29 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (5-Y 3-N) |
| 2025-01-22 | House | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1555) |
| 2025-01-13 | House | Assigned sub: Health |
| 2024-11-19 | House | Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services |
| 2024-11-19 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100961D |
