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type: "Bill"
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title: "Workers' Compensation; employer's liability for medical services provided outside the Commonwealth."
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description: "Clarifies that the \"medical community,\" when referring to providers of medical services rendered under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act outside of the Commonwealth, shall be determined by the zip code of the principal place of business of the employer if located in the Commonwealth. If the employer's principal place of business is not in the Commonwealth, then it shall be determined by the zip code of the location where the Workers' Compensation Commission would conduct its hearing regarding a dispute concerning the medical services."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "HB 558"
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citation: "Virginia HB 558 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Workers' Compensation"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Gregory D. Habeeb"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2018-01-08"
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last_action: "2018-03-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be163496-29a1-4feb-a73f-4f1da21d0df2"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB558"
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source_hash: "86cc6de55032b4aa7ff515fa6ae2c2a680c35bf8f2b4ccfb421fcaa5df7873a2"
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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 558 (2018) — Workers' Compensation; employer's liability for medical services provided outside the Commonwealth.
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Clarifies that the "medical community," when referring to providers of medical services rendered under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act outside of the Commonwealth, shall be determined by the zip code of the principal place of business of the employer if located in the Commonwealth. If the employer's principal place of business is not in the Commonwealth, then it shall be determined by the zip code of the location where the Workers' Compensation Commission would conduct its hearing regarding a dispute concerning the medical services.
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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. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB558ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB558ER)
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2. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103869D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB558)
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## Votes
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Gregory D. Habeeb — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103869D `introduction`
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- **2018-01-08** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-22** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2018-01-23** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2018-01-24** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2018-01-25** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2018-01-25** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-26** Enrolled
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- **2018-02-26** Signed by Speaker
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- **2018-02-28** Signed by President
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- **2018-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2018
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- **2018-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 9, 2018
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- **2018-03-09** Approved by Governor-Chapter 261 (effective 7/1/18) `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/be163496-29a1-4feb-a73f-4f1da21d0df2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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