Kathy Tran
- Democratic
- Delegate
- District 18
Primary
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.
Collection of debts by hospitals affiliatedwith public institutions of higher education. Prohibits the VirginiaCommonwealth University Health System Authority and the Universityof Virginia Medical Center from participating in debt collectionefforts pursuant to the Virginia Debt Collection Act or the SetoffDebt Collection Act unless all reasonable efforts have been madeto determine if the individual with delinquent debt is eligible forfinancial assistance. The bill requires both hospitals to developdebt collection policies that adhere, at a minimum, to Internal RevenueService policies regarding financial assistance by tax-exempt hospitalsas they were in effect on January 1, 2020.
Approved by Governor-Chapter 577 (effective 7/1/20)
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2020
Signed by President
Enrolled
Signed by Speaker
Impact statement from DPB (HB1226ER)
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
Read third time
Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
Impact statement from DPB (HB1226H1)
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Constitutional reading dispensed
Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N)
VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N)
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1226H1
Committee substitute agreed to 20106870D-H1
Read second time
Read first time
Reported from Appropriations (18-Y 1-N)
Committee substitute printed 20106870D-H1
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 0-N)
Impact statement from DPB (HB1226)
Assigned HWI sub: Health
Referred from General Laws
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
Referred to Committee on General Laws
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103924D
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| Impact statement from DPB (HB1226) | HTML |
| Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1226H1 | HTML |
| Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1226ER) | HTML |
| Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0577) | HTML |
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