republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-1461.md

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Bill	Foster care; local in the Commonwealth's program of medical assistance.	Directs local departments of social services to ensure that any individual who was in foster care on his eighteenth birthday is enrolled, unless the individual objects, in the Commonwealth's program of medical assistance, provided that such individual is eligible to receive such health care services and was enrolled in such program on his eighteenth birthday. The bill requires local departments to provide basic information about such health care services and inform such individuals that, if eligible, they will be enrolled in the Commonwealth's program of medical assistance unless they object. The bill directs the State Board of Social Services to promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of the bill.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 1461	Virginia SB 1461 (2017)	bill	Health Welfare (Social Services)	enacted	Jeremy S. McPike	4	18	5	2017-01-16	2017-02-23	openstates	ocd-bill/752d5196-dfbd-4d33-aeec-1fbebd8c4b35	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1461	1dd79b7363d50635cdd6ef3f8514ce4ad1e8a146765cca9e575dfb5a99aaa353	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1461 (2017) — Foster care; local in the Commonwealth's program of medical assistance.

Directs local departments of social services to ensure that any individual who was in foster care on his eighteenth birthday is enrolled, unless the individual objects, in the Commonwealth's program of medical assistance, provided that such individual is eligible to receive such health care services and was enrolled in such program on his eighteenth birthday. The bill requires local departments to provide basic information about such health care services and inform such individuals that, if eligible, they will be enrolled in the Commonwealth's program of medical assistance unless they object. The bill directs the State Board of Social Services to promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of the bill.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0203) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1461ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104696D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17103237D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Jeremy S. McPike — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-16 Presented and ordered printed 17103237D introduction
• 2017-01-16 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2017-01-31 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-01-31 Reading of substitute waived
• 2017-01-31 Committee substitute agreed to 17104696D-S1
• 2017-01-31 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1461S1
• 2017-02-03 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-03 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2017-02-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-13 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-13 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 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 203 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/752d5196-dfbd-4d33-aeec-1fbebd8c4b35. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).