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Bill	COVID-19; DMAS shall deem testing, treatment, and vaccination to be emergency services.	Department of Medical Assistance Services; testing for, treatment of, and vaccination against COVID-19; emergency services. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to, during a public health emergency related to COVID-19 declared by the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, deem testing for, treatment of, and vaccination against COVID-19 to be emergency services for which payment may be made pursuant to federal law for certain aliens not lawfully admitted for permanent residence.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2021	HB 2124	Virginia HB 2124 (2021)	bill		enacted	Alfonso H. Lopez	4	45	10	2021-01-12	2021-03-31	openstates	ocd-bill/436558b1-4abd-4a66-b2ef-d0ae06ac9d47	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2124	8324b93a40bf6d26d6b98a8e53c6ff494695eac69c836bbf94f2698d262848ac	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2124 (2021) — COVID-19; DMAS shall deem testing, treatment, and vaccination to be emergency services.

Department of Medical Assistance Services; testing for, treatment of, and vaccination against COVID-19; emergency services. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to, during a public health emergency related to COVID-19 declared by the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, deem testing for, treatment of, and vaccination against COVID-19 to be emergency services for which payment may be made pursuant to federal law for certain aliens not lawfully admitted for permanent residence.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0476 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB2124ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/13/21 21102611D (committee substitute) — source
4. Printed as engrossed 21102611D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (12-Y 9-N) — 12–9 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with amendment (38-Y 1-N) — 38–1 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (4-Y 2-N) — 4–2 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (12-Y 6-N) — 12–6 (pass) · lower
• Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (61-Y 38-N) — 60–38 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N) — 54–45 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Alfonso H. Lopez — primary (person)
• Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
• Danica A. Roem — cosponsor (person)
• David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
• Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
• Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
• Don L. Scott — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
• Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
• Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
• Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
• Lee J. Carter — cosponsor (person)
• Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
• Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
• Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
• Roslyn C. Tyler — cosponsor (person)
• Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
• Suhas Subramanyam — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/13/21 21102611D introduction
• 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2021-01-21 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (12-Y 9-N) committee-passage
• 2021-01-21 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-01-22 Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources referral-committee
• 2021-01-22 Impact statement from DPB (HB2124)
• 2021-01-27 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (4-Y 2-N)
• 2021-01-27 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-01-27 Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (12-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2021-01-28 Read first time reading-1
• 2021-01-29 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-01-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-01-29 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2021-01-29 Amendments by Delegate Lopez agreed to amendment-passage
• 2021-01-29 Emergency clause deleted
• 2021-01-29 Engrossed by House as amended HB2124E
• 2021-01-29 Printed as engrossed 21102611D-E
• 2021-02-01 Read third time and passed House (55-Y 45-N) passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-01 VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N)
• 2021-02-02 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2021-02-02 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2021-02-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB2124E)
• 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-12 Assigned Education sub: Health referral-committee
• 2021-02-18 Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-18 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-02-22 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-02-22 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-24 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-25 Read third time reading-3
• 2021-02-25 Reading of amendment waived
• 2021-02-25 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2021-02-25 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2021-02-25 Passed Senate with amendment (38-Y 1-N) passage
• 2021-02-25 Placed on Calendar
• 2021-02-25 Senate amendment agreed to by House (61-Y 38-N)
• 2021-02-25 VOTE: Adoption (61-Y 38-N)
• 2021-03-09 Enrolled
• 2021-03-09 Signed by President
• 2021-03-10 Impact statement from DPB (HB2124ER)
• 2021-03-11 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-03-15 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
• 2021-03-15 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
• 2021-03-31 Approved by Governor-Chapter 476 (effective - see bill) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/436558b1-4abd-4a66-b2ef-d0ae06ac9d47. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).