---
type: "Bill"
title: "State plan for medical assistance services; telemedicine, in-state presence."
description: "State plan for medical assistance services; telemedicine, in-state presence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1602"
citation: "Virginia HB 1602 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robinson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-06"
last_action: "2023-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69fe2398-1db6-4396-9b4d-c74bbbd90ea5"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1602"
source_hash: "3c1c1a48d1fb60cbc19d88755cddad34ad2e68e07a6f82f4c4081851d707089f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 1602 (2023) — State plan for medical assistance services; telemedicine, in-state presence.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0112** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0112)
2. **HB1602ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1602ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101772D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1602)

## Votes

- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101772D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-06** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB1602)
- **2023-01-17** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-24** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-01-30** Read third time and passed House (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-30** VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-01-31** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-13** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-16** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1602ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB1602ER)
- **2023-02-16** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 112 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0112)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69fe2398-1db6-4396-9b4d-c74bbbd90ea5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).