---
type: "Bill"
title: "Remote ultrasound procedures and fetal non-stress tests; DMAS to modify state plan for assistance."
description: "Department of Medical Assistance Services; remote ultrasound procedures; remote fetal non-stress tests. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to modify the state plan for medical assistance services to include a provision allowing for payment under certain conditions for remote ultrasound procedures and remote fetal non-stress tests."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 250"
citation: "Virginia SB 250 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ghazala F. Hashmi"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f6fdde7-bfc3-4ca0-9e95-5798a2db201f"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB250"
source_hash: "46dc0cbf7d4d8c49a7774f348688b2a17ad02fed878079f729c1a96bc050d39d"
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 SB 250 (2024) — Remote ultrasound procedures and fetal non-stress tests; DMAS to modify state plan for assistance.

Department of Medical Assistance Services; remote ultrasound procedures; remote fetal non-stress tests. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to modify the state plan for medical assistance services to include a provision allowing for payment under certain conditions for remote ultrasound procedures and remote fetal non-stress tests.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0585** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0585)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101640D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB250)
3. **Printed as engrossed 24101640D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB250E)
4. **SB250ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB250ER)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ghazala F. Hashmi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101640D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-15** Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (SB250)
- **2024-01-18** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-01-18** Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-18** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-01-26** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-26** Reading of amendment waived
- **2024-01-26** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-26** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB250E
- **2024-01-26** Printed as engrossed 24101640D-E
- **2024-01-29** Impact statement from DPB (SB250E)
- **2024-01-29** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2024-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-13** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13** Assigned sub: Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-20** Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-22** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-23** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-23** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-28** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB250ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (SB250ER)
- **2024-02-28** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-02** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 585 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-05** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0585)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f6fdde7-bfc3-4ca0-9e95-5798a2db201f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).