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type: "Bill"
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title: "Certificates of public need; conditions on certificates, alternative plans of compliance."
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description: "Provides that in cases in which a certificate holder holds more than one certificate of public need with conditions, and the certificate holder is unable to satisfy the conditions of one certificate, the Department of Health may provide for satisfaction of the conditions on that certificate by the provision of care at a reduced rate to indigent individuals in excess of the amount required by another certificate issued to the same holder, in an amount approved by the Department as part of an alternative plan of compliance."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 1544"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1544 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Health"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Christopher E. Collins"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2016-12-29"
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last_action: "2017-03-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3aee5f7d-8467-45e9-ba8e-35a776096208"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1544"
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source_hash: "8e4fa97b7d0d8a460cf48f3d39971baaf877793a668ee25fd3c9f05ff09d99a0"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1544 (2017) — Certificates of public need; conditions on certificates, alternative plans of compliance.
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Provides that in cases in which a certificate holder holds more than one certificate of public need with conditions, and the certificate holder is unable to satisfy the conditions of one certificate, the Department of Health may provide for satisfaction of the conditions on that certificate by the provision of care at a reduced rate to indigent individuals in excess of the amount required by another certificate issued to the same holder, in an amount approved by the Department as part of an alternative plan of compliance.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0768)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0768)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1544ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1544ER)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101109D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1544)
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4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17101109D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1544E)
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## Votes
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- Read third time and passed House — **68–29** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate with amendment — **39–1** (pass) · legislature
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- Senate amendment agreed to by House — **72–25** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments — **19–3** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Christopher E. Collins — primary (person)
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- Richard P. Bell — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-12-29** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101109D `introduction`
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- **2016-12-29** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-12** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-02** Passed by for the day
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- **2017-02-03** Passed by for the day
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- **2017-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-06** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2017-02-06** Engrossed by House as amended HB1544E
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- **2017-02-06** Printed as engrossed 17101109D-E
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- **2017-02-07** Read third time and passed House (68-Y 29-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-20** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2017-02-20** Amendment by Senator Barker agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2017-02-20** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2017-02-21** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-02-21** Senate amendment agreed to by House (72-Y 25-N)
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- **2017-02-24** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-24** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
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- **2017-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 768 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3aee5f7d-8467-45e9-ba8e-35a776096208`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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