republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-2183.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Medicaid; eligibility of incarcerated individuals.	Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to convene a work group to identify and develop processes for streamlining the application and enrollment process for the Commonwealth's program of medical assistance services and the Family Access to Medical Insurance Security (FAMIS) program for eligible incarcerated individuals so that applicable services shall be available to such individuals immediately upon release from the correctional facility and to report its findings and recommendations by November 30, 2017.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 2183	Virginia HB 2183 (2017)	bill	Health Study Commissions Committees and Reports	enacted	Joseph R. Yost	4	16	5	2017-01-11	2017-02-23	openstates	ocd-bill/f8491891-ed76-4670-a3f0-326afe4d6e36	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2183	1bddff207c5d4a2b457514a28343afaa3f6adf4c9c606fba3c66ecdd367567b7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2183 (2017) — Medicaid; eligibility of incarcerated individuals.

Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to convene a work group to identify and develop processes for streamlining the application and enrollment process for the Commonwealth's program of medical assistance services and the Family Access to Medical Insurance Security (FAMIS) program for eligible incarcerated individuals so that applicable services shall be available to such individuals immediately upon release from the correctional facility and to report its findings and recommendations by November 30, 2017.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0198) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2183ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Committee substitute printed 17104644D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101842D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Education and Health — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 95–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Joseph R. Yost — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101842D introduction
• 2017-01-11 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2017-02-01 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-02 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-02 Committee substitute agreed to 17104644D-H1
• 2017-02-02 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2183H1
• 2017-02-03 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-02-06 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2017-02-13 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-15 Enrolled
• 2017-02-15 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-17 Signed by President
• 2017-02-17 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
• 2017-02-17 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
• 2017-02-23 Approved by Governor-Chapter 198 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f8491891-ed76-4670-a3f0-326afe4d6e36. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).