Dawn Adams
- Democratic
Primary
Telemedicine. Requires the Board of Medical Assistance Services to amend the state plan for medical assistance to provide for payment of medical assistance for remote patient monitoring services provided via telemedicine for certain high-risk patients, makes clear that nothing shall preclude health insurance carriers from providing coverage for services delivered through real-time audio-only telephone that are not telemedicine, and clarifies rules around prescribing of Schedule II through VI drugs via telemedicine, including establishing a practitioner-patient relationship via telemedicine.
Telemedicine. Clarifies that nothing shallpreclude coverage of telehealth services by an insurer proposing to issue individual or group accident and sickness insurance policiesproviding hospital, medical and surgical, or major medical coverageon an expense-incurred basis; a corporation providing individualor group accident and sickness subscription contracts; or a healthmaintenance organization providing a health care plan for healthcare services. The bill requires the Board of Medical AssistanceServices to amend the state plan for medical assistance to providefor payment of medical assistance for remote patient monitoring servicesprovided via telemedicine for certain high-risk patients, and providesfor the establishment of a practitioner-patient relationship viatelemedicine for the prescribing of Schedule II through VI controlledsubstances.
Approved by Governor-Chapter 301 (effective 7/1/21)
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
Signed by Speaker
Impact statement from DPB (HB1987ER)
Enrolled
Signed by President
Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
VOTE: Agreed To (99-Y 0-N)
Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
Amended by conference committee
Conferees appointed by House
Conferees appointed by Senate
House acceded to request
Senate requested conference committee
Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N)
Senate substitute rejected by House 21200364D-S1 (0-Y 97-N)
Placed on Calendar
VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N)
Committee substitute agreed to 21200364D-S1
Read third time
Reading of substitute waived
Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1987S1
Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
Impact statement from DPB (HB1987S1)
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
Committee substitute printed 21200364D-S1
Assigned Education sub: Health
Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
Impact statement from DPB (HB1987EH1)
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Constitutional reading dispensed
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N 1-A)
VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N)
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N 1-A)
Read second time
Printed as engrossed 21103569D-EH1
Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment HB1987EH1
Committee amendment agreed to
Committee substitute agreed to 21103569D-H1
Read first time
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
Impact statement from DPB (HB1987H1)
Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
Committee substitute printed 21103569D-H1
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
Impact statement from DPB (HB1987)
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N)
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
Assigned HWI sub: Health
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102502D
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102502D | HTML |
| Committee substitute printed 21103569D-H1 | HTML |
| HB1987EH1 | HTML |
| Committee substitute printed 21200364D-S1 | HTML |
| HB1987ER | HTML |
| CHAP0301 | HTML |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| Fiscal Impact Statement: HB1987FEH1122.PDF | |
| Fiscal Impact Statement: HB1987FH1122.PDF | |
| Fiscal Impact Statement: HB1987F122.PDF | |
| Amendment: HB1987AH | HTML |
| Amendment: HB1987AC | HTML |
Data on Open States is updated periodically throughout the day from the official website of the Virginia General Assembly.
If you notice any inconsistencies with these official sources, feel free to file an issue.