republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/sb-1472.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Individuals w/ intellectual & developmental disabilities; DMAS to study use of virtual support, etc."
description: "DMAS; work group to study options forincreasing access to virtual supports and services; individuals withintellectual and developmental disabilities. Directs the Departmentof Medical Assistance Services to study and develop recommendationsrelated to options for increasing access to virtual supports andservices for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities,including increasing access to assistive technology and environmentalmodifications to facilitate increased access to virtual supports and services, with the goal of addressing such recommendations aspart of any concurrent review of regulations related to servicesfor individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities,and to report its findings and conclusions to the Governor and theGeneral Assembly by November 1, 2021."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1472"
citation: "Virginia SB 1472 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David R. Suetterlein"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-01-22"
last_action: "2021-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3afb5f20-6d73-4b93-a433-acf15a168d2c"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1472"
source_hash: "93f71b06548e601da903214c8aee627ecb2e246f40696c7a15890515426bba46"
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 1472 (2021) — Individuals w/ intellectual & developmental disabilities; DMAS to study use of virtual support, etc.

DMAS; work group to study options forincreasing access to virtual supports and services; individuals withintellectual and developmental disabilities. Directs the Departmentof Medical Assistance Services to study and develop recommendationsrelated to options for increasing access to virtual supports andservices for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities,including increasing access to assistive technology and environmentalmodifications to facilitate increased access to virtual supports and services, with the goal of addressing such recommendations aspart of any concurrent review of regulations related to servicesfor individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities,and to report its findings and conclusions to the Governor and theGeneral Assembly by November 1, 2021.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0224** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0224)
2. **Committee substitute printed 21104072D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1472S1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 21200125D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1472H1)
4. **Presented and ordered printed 21101385D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1472)
5. **SB1472ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1472ER)

## Votes

- House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Continued to Special Session 1 in Health, Welfare and Institutions — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David R. Suetterlein — primary (person)
- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-22** Presented and ordered printed 21101385D `introduction`
- **2021-01-22** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-25** Impact statement from DPB (SB1472)
- **2021-01-29** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-29** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-29** Committee substitute printed 21104072D-S1 `substitution`
- **2021-02-01** Impact statement from DPB (SB1472S1)
- **2021-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-02** Reading of substitute waived
- **2021-02-02** Committee substitute agreed to 21104072D-S1
- **2021-02-02** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1472S1
- **2021-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-02** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-05** Placed on Calendar
- **2021-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-05** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in Health, Welfare and Institutions
- **2021-02-11** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-02-11** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-11** Committee substitute printed 21200125D-H1 `substitution`
- **2021-02-15** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-15** Impact statement from DPB (SB1472H1)
- **2021-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-16** Committee substitute agreed to 21200125D-H1
- **2021-02-16** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1472H1
- **2021-02-16** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-16** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-18** House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-18** Title replaced 21200125D-H1
- **2021-02-22** Enrolled
- **2021-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (SB1472ER)
- **2021-02-22** Signed by President
- **2021-02-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-25** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
- **2021-02-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 224 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3afb5f20-6d73-4b93-a433-acf15a168d2c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).