HB 1639 Virginia House of Delegates · 2019 Regular Session

Medical Assistance Services, Department of; payment for certain services to hospice patients.

Summary

Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to implement a process for direct payment of nursing facility or ICF/MR services for hospice patients receiving services in a nursing facility or ICF/MR, if such patient would be eligible for medical assistance for nursing facility or ICF/MR services had he not elected to receive hospice care. The bill provides that payments made to a nursing facility or ICF/MR shall be the full amount that would be paid to the nursing facility or ICF/MR, if the individual was not receiving hospice services, and shall not reflect any discount to such rates.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Nov 2018

Committee Review

Feb 2019

House of Delegates Passage

Feb 2019

Senate Passage

Feb 2019

Signed into Law

Mar 2019

Introduced Nov 21, 2018 Signed Mar 5, 2019

Floor votes · Senate Feb 13, 2019

How they voted

36–0

Passed

Total votes 36

Feb 13, 2019

D Democratic16

16 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican20

20 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 5, 2019

Signed into law

Approved by Governor-Chapter 209 (effective 7/1/19)

executive

Feb 13, 2019

Senate · Passed

Senate Vote: pass (36-0)

senate

Feb 6, 2019

Committee

Referred to Committee on Finance

upper

Feb 5, 2019

Lower · Passed

Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 11, 2019

Committee

Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources

lower

Nov 21, 2018

Committee

Referred to Committee on Appropriations

lower

Nov 21, 2018

Introduced

Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100544D

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors