republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/sb-269.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	Medicare patients; patient notice of observation or outpatient status.	Provides that, for Medicare patients placed in observation or outpatient status, any hospital that provides a written notice and an oral explanation of such notice to the patient that satisfies the federal requirements for such notice shall be deemed to have satisfied Virginia's requirements for such notice. The bill also extends the timeframe for the provision of the notice required by current law from 24 hours to 36 hours. This bill incorporates	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	SB 269	Virginia SB 269 (2018)	bill	Health	enacted	Richard H. Black	3	19	7	2018-01-05	2018-03-05	openstates	ocd-bill/03ecbc3c-8d7c-41cd-b13d-fdbf33a2d44c	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB269	d58d1e97f9842fbb7f1d14cdad5e13c3bbb9f7bcc32a2be6fdcc286363537e89	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 269 (2018) — Medicare patients; patient notice of observation or outpatient status.

Provides that, for Medicare patients placed in observation or outpatient status, any hospital that provides a written notice and an oral explanation of such notice to the patient that satisfies the federal requirements for such notice shall be deemed to have satisfied Virginia's requirements for such notice. The bill also extends the timeframe for the provision of the notice required by current law from 24 hours to 36 hours. This bill incorporates

Version chain

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

1. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB269ER) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Committee substitute printed 18104911D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100970D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — 21–1 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 39–1 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Education and Health with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House — 100–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Richard H. Black — primary (person)
• George L. Barker (incorporated chief co-patron) — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100970D introduction
• 2018-01-05 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2018-01-11 Incorporates SB281 (Barker)
• 2018-01-15 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-01-15 Reading of substitute waived
• 2018-01-15 Committee substitute agreed to 18104911D-S1
• 2018-01-15 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB269S1
• 2018-01-18 Placed on Calendar
• 2018-01-18 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-01-18 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2018-02-19 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2018-02-20 Passed House (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2018-02-22 Enrolled
• 2018-02-22 Signed by Speaker
• 2018-02-23 Signed by President
• 2018-02-26 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
• 2018-02-26 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
• 2018-03-05 Approved by Governor-Chapter 194 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/03ecbc3c-8d7c-41cd-b13d-fdbf33a2d44c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).