republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-902.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Long-term care services and supports; preadmission screenings."
description: "Long-term care services and supports; preadmission screenings. Provides that every individual who applies for or requests community or institutional long-term services and supports, as defined in the state plan for medical assistance services, may choose to receive services in a community or institutional setting and may choose the setting and provider of long-term care services and supports from a list of approved providers. The bill also clarifies requirements related to the performance of such long-term care services and supports screenings. The bill removes the definition of and references to Pre-PACE. The bill directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to consider alternative assessment tools for long-term services and supports screenings completed on or after July 1, 2021, and to report its findings and conclusions to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by December 1, 2020. The provisions of the bill shall not become effective if they conflict with any provision of federal law or regulations or guidance issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. This bill is identical to HB 902."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 902"
citation: "Virginia SB 902 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["George L. Barker"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1bf98b35-f861-430a-8083-c63751c8d878"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB902"
source_hash: "f6918a88389ebf555a766eafcf55a902da1f0fa3aeaa6af6e9227c1b93d2273c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia SB 902 (2020) — Long-term care services and supports; preadmission screenings.

Long-term care services and supports; preadmission screenings. Provides that every individual who applies for or requests community or institutional long-term services and supports, as defined in the state plan for medical assistance services, may choose to receive services in a community or institutional setting and may choose the setting and provider of long-term care services and supports from a list of approved providers. The bill also clarifies requirements related to the performance of such long-term care services and supports screenings. The bill removes the definition of and references to Pre-PACE. The bill directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to consider alternative assessment tools for long-term services and supports screenings completed on or after July 1, 2021, and to report its findings and conclusions to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by December 1, 2020. The provisions of the bill shall not become effective if they conflict with any provision of federal law or regulations or guidance issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. This bill is identical to HB 902.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0304)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0304)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB902ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB902ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB902ES1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB902ES1)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB902)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB902)
5. **Impact statement from DPB (SB902S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB902S1)

## Votes

- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- George L. Barker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-08** Presented and ordered printed 20104850D `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-21** Impact statement from DPB (SB902)
- **2020-01-24** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-06** Committee substitute printed 20106439D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-02-06** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB902S1)
- **2020-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-11** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-11** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-02-11** Committee substitute agreed to 20106439D-S1
- **2020-02-11** Reading of amendment waived
- **2020-02-11** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-02-11** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB902ES1
- **2020-02-11** Printed as engrossed 20106439D-ES1
- **2020-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-11** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-11** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-11** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-13** Impact statement from DPB (SB902ES1)
- **2020-02-14** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-14** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-14** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-21** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-21** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-26** Enrolled
- **2020-02-26** Impact statement from DPB (SB902ER)
- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-04** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 4, 2020
- **2020-03-04** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 11, 2020
- **2020-03-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 304 (effective - see bill) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1bf98b35-f861-430a-8083-c63751c8d878`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).