Prisoners; medical care.
Summary
Prisoners; medical care. Eliminates theDepartment of Corrections prisoner co-payment program for nonemergencyhealth care services.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Dec 30, 2019
Last action Dec 4, 2020
Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 7, 2020
How they voted
65–29
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 95
Feb 7, 2020
D
Democratic52
98% Yea
R
Republican43
67% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
7
Committee
13
Feb 21, 2020
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 21, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (11-Y 4-N)
upper
Feb 17, 2020
Committee
Assigned Rehab sub: Social Service and Corrections
upper
Feb 10, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
upper
Feb 7, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (68-Y 31-N)
lower
Feb 3, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations (15-Y 2-N)
lower
Feb 3, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 24, 2020
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety
lower
Jan 24, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 24, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Public Safety (14-Y 8-N)
lower
Jan 23, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 23, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N)
lower
Jan 15, 2020
Committee
Assigned PS sub: Public Safety
lower
Dec 30, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
lower
Dec 30, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100702D
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Patrick Hope
DDemocratic
Co
Kaye Kory
DDemocratic
Co
Liz Guzmán
DDemocratic
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