republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/sb-1221.md

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Bill	Telemedicine services; payment and coverage of services.	Requires insurers, corporations, or health maintenance organizations to cover medically necessary remote patient monitoring services as part of their coverage of telemedicine services to the full extent that these services are available. The bill defines remote patient monitoring services as the delivery of home health services using telecommunications technology to enhance the delivery of home health care, including monitoring of clinical patient data such as weight, blood pressure, pulse, pulse oximetry, blood glucose, and other condition-specific data; medication adherence monitoring; and interactive video conferencing with or without digital image upload. The bill requires the Board of Medical Assistance Services to include in the state plan for medical assistance services a provision for the payment of medical assistance for medically necessary health care services provided through telemedicine services. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	SB 1221	Virginia SB 1221 (2019)	bill	Health Health Insurance	enacted	A. Benton "Ben" Chafin	3	21	6	2019-01-04	2019-03-05	openstates	ocd-bill/e7c6a8d5-9d31-48f8-bcd1-9baadd69b172	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+SB1221	532d9a38d268446c8c541175c5732bb658b652aa5814745f3a0063b552fc4b68	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1221 (2019) — Telemedicine services; payment and coverage of services.

Requires insurers, corporations, or health maintenance organizations to cover medically necessary remote patient monitoring services as part of their coverage of telemedicine services to the full extent that these services are available. The bill defines remote patient monitoring services as the delivery of home health services using telecommunications technology to enhance the delivery of home health care, including monitoring of clinical patient data such as weight, blood pressure, pulse, pulse oximetry, blood glucose, and other condition-specific data; medication adherence monitoring; and interactive video conferencing with or without digital image upload. The bill requires the Board of Medical Assistance Services to include in the state plan for medical assistance services a provision for the payment of medical assistance for medically necessary health care services provided through telemedicine services. This bill is identical to

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 (SB1221ER) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Committee substitute printed 19105327D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101469D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance — 16–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education and Health with substitute — 14–1 (pass) · upper
• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 98–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• A. Benton "Ben" Chafin — primary (person)
• Amanda F. Chase — cosponsor (person)
• Barbara A. Favola (incorporated chief co-patron) — cosponsor (person)
• Bill R. DeSteph, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Bryce E. Reeves — cosponsor (person)
• Charles W. Carrico, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
• Frank W. Wagner — cosponsor (person)
• Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• James W. Morefield — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Cosgrove, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• R. Steven Landes — cosponsor (person)
• Roslyn C. Tyler — cosponsor (person)
• Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
• Siobhan S. Dunnavant — cosponsor (person)
• T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-04 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101469D introduction
• 2019-01-04 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2019-01-11 Assigned Education sub: Health Professions referral-committee
• 2019-01-24 Incorporates SB1124 (Favola)
• 2019-01-24 Rereferred to Finance referral-committee
• 2019-01-31 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-01-31 Reading of substitute waived
• 2019-01-31 Committee substitute agreed to 19105327D-S1
• 2019-01-31 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1221S1
• 2019-02-06 Placed on Calendar
• 2019-02-06 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-02-06 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2019-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-02-13 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-13 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2019-02-18 Enrolled
• 2019-02-18 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-02-19 Signed by President
• 2019-02-20 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 20, 2019
• 2019-02-20 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
• 2019-03-05 Approved by Governor-Chapter 219 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e7c6a8d5-9d31-48f8-bcd1-9baadd69b172. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).