Healthcare

passed · Virginia · House of Delegates Mar 4, 2026

HB 855: Medicaid; estate recoveries.

Department of Medical Assistance Services; Medicaid estate recoveries. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services (the Department) to limit the operation of its estate recovery program to the recovery of only federally required costs. The bill directs the Department to make information on estate recovery available on its website in multiple languages. The bill directs the Department to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareLimits Medicaid estate recovery to federally required costs, reducing financial burden on beneficiaries and protecting assets related to healthcare coverage.92% confidence | Rep's Stance ✗ Voted No ✗ Opposes Healthcare

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passed · Virginia · House of Delegates Mar 4, 2026

HB 1495: Medicaid; oversight of services facilitation for consumer directed services.

Department of Medical Assistance Services; enhanced oversight of services facilitators. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to enhance oversight of Medicaid services facilitation for consumer directed services, including incorporation of such services into the statewide Fiscal Employer Agent contract and development of a contract monitoring and oversight plan.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareBill ensures continued Medicaid enrollment when facilitators fail eligibility checks, protecting access to healthcare services and preventing coverage loss for beneficiaries.95% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Healthcare

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passed · Virginia · House of Delegates Mar 3, 2026

HB 393: Firefighters Cancer Screening Grant Program and Fund; established.

Firefighters Cancer Screening Grant Program and Fund established. Creates the Firefighters Cancer Screening Grant Program and Fund to award grants to localities for costs incurred in providing certain cancer detection tests to firefighters. The bill provides that in any year that the amount of funds in the Firefighters Cancer Screening Fund reduces to zero and the Fund does not receive a separate appropriation, the Grant Program and Fund shall expire.

Topics ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesCreates new fund for first responder cancer screenings, increasing public health funding allocation per bill summary.95% confidence ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareCreates dedicated fund for cancer screenings of first responders, directly increasing access to preventive healthcare services.90% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Healthcare

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passed · Virginia · House of Delegates Mar 3, 2026

HB 560: Administrative Process Act; appeals of case decisions regarding benefits sought, limitations.

Administrative Process Act; exemptions; limitations; appeals of case decisions regarding benefits sought. Specifies that the Administrative Process Act applies to case decisions regarding the grant or denial, including determinations of eligibility and approved levels of service, of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, general relief, auxiliary grants, or state-local hospitalization. The bill also removes provisions limiting review of case decisions to ascertaining whether there was evidence in the agency record to support the case decision of the agency.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareBill establishes administrative appeals process for Medicaid benefit decisions, ensuring access to healthcare coverage through proper review of denials.85% confidence | Rep's Stance ✗ Voted No ✗ Opposes Healthcare

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passed · Virginia · Senate Mar 2, 2026

SB 642: Health insurance; coverage of medications prescribed for treatment of cancer & diseases of blood.

Health insurance; treatment of cancer and certain diseases; coverage of certain medications. Requires an insurer, corporation providing preferred provider subscription contracts, or health maintenance organization that provides coverage for drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration and prescribed for the treatment of cancer or diseases of the blood to allow, at the patient's direction, (i) provider-administered drugs for such treatment to be dispensed by an in-network treating provider consistent with a provider agreement; (ii) provider-administered drugs for such treatment to be dispensed by an in-network treating provider when there is a documented delay of at least three days in the delivery of a medication from the designated specialty pharmacy; and (iii) self-administered drugs for such treatment to be sent to the pharmacy of the patient's choosing.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareProhibits insurers from restricting patient pharmacy choice, protecting access to prescription drugs per bill's explicit language.95% confidence | Rep's Stance Voted absent

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passed · Virginia · House of Delegates Feb 25, 2026

HB 57: Vehicles designed and used for transportation of passengers; fees, funds returned to a locality.

Fees for vehicles designed and used for transportation of passengers; funds returned to a locality; permitted uses. Expands the permitted use of funds returned to a locality from certain vehicle fees to include the purchase or maintenance of necessary equipment, supplies, facilities, and vehicles permitted by the Office of Emergency Medical Services and other operating expenses deemed necessary by the locality to ensure the provision of emergency medical services in such locality by nonprofit emergency medical services agencies. Under current law, such funds may be used for the purchase of necessary equipment and supplies for use in the locality for emergency medical services provided by nonprofit emergency medical services agencies.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareBill allocates funds for EMS equipment/facilities, directly supporting emergency medical services funding under healthcare topic.90% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Healthcare

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died · Virginia · House of Delegates Feb 18, 2026

HB 622: Advanced practice registered nurses; authorization to practice without a practice agreement, etc.

Advanced practice registered nurses; authorization to practice without a practice agreement; service in military or employment with Department of Veterans Affairs. Permits advanced practice registered nurses who practiced autonomously for at least three years as part of either military service or employment with the Department of Veterans Affairs to practice without a practice agreement.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareAllows APRNs to practice autonomously without restrictive agreements, expanding access to healthcare services by removing barriers for experienced providers.90% confidence ✓ VeteransSupports VeteransBill explicitly permits APRNs with military/VA service to practice autonomously, recognizing veteran employment experience and removing licensing barriers.95% confidence | Rep's Stance ✗ Voted No ✗ Opposes Healthcare

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in committee · Virginia · House of Delegates Feb 18, 2026

HB 1462: Medicaid and health insurance plans; supervised billing.

Supervised billing; Medicaid and health insurance plans. Requires the Department of Medical Assistance Services to permit a qualified licensed provider to bill for clinical services provided by a qualified non-licensed provider under the supervision of the qualified licensed provider and requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage for mental health services or substance use services provided by a qualified non-licensed provider under the supervision of a qualified licensed provider when such services would be covered if provided by a qualified licensed provider. Additionally, the bill reduces the time limit for a retroactive denial by a health insurance carrier from 12 months to 180 days.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareMandates Medicaid/insurers to cover mental health/substance use services by non-licensed providers under supervision, expanding access and support for mental health services.95% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Healthcare

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in committee · Virginia · House of Delegates Feb 18, 2026

HB 130: Workers' compensation; presumption of certain cancers, sheriffs and deputy sheriffs.

Workers' compensation; presumption for certain cancers; sheriffs and deputy sheriffs. Expands the workers' compensation presumption of compensability for certain cancers causing the death or disability of certain employees who have completed five years of service in their position to include sheriffs or deputy sheriffs.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareExpands workers' compensation presumption for work-related cancer, ensuring coverage for sheriffs/deputies without proving causation, strengthening healthcare access for affected workers.85% confidence ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentExpands workers' compensation presumption for sheriffs/deputies with certain cancers, strengthening benefits for covered workers.95% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Healthcare

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in committee · Virginia · House of Delegates Feb 18, 2026

HB 1434: Medicaid; benefit for nutrition services programs, sunset.

Department of Medical Assistance Services; Medicaid benefit for nutrition services programs; sunset. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services (the Department) to, conditional on the receipt of all necessary approvals and the securing of federal financial participation, implement a provision for payment of medical assistance for nutrition services programs which may include case management, nutrition counseling and instruction, home-delivered meals and pantry stocking, nutrition prescriptions, and grocery provisions. The bill directs the Department to prioritize the purchase and distribution of locally grown food wherever feasible. The implementation of nutrition services programs pursuant to the bill is conditional on the Department obtaining all necessary approvals and federal financial participation. The bill sunsets on July 1, 2027, if such approval and federal financial participation is not obtained.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareExpands Medicaid coverage for nutrition services including counseling and home-delivered meals, directly advancing healthcare access under public health programs.95% confidence | Rep's Stance ✗ Voted No ✗ Opposes Healthcare

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