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Bill Hospitals; financial assistance for uninsured patient, payment plans. Hospitals; debt collection; determination of patient eligibility for financial assistance. Requires every hospital to (i) make reasonable efforts to screen every uninsured patient to determine whether the individual is eligible for Medicaid or financial assistance under the hospital’s financial assistance policy, (ii) may a payment plan available to every uninsured patient who is determined to be eligible for financial assistance under the hospital’s financial assistance policy if requested by the patient, (iii) develop a process for renegotiation of a payment plan, and (iv) report information about charity care, discounted care, or other financial assistance provided by the hospital under its financial assistance policy and the amount of the hospital’s uncollected bad debt. The bill prohibits hospitals from engaging in extraordinary collection actions to collect patient accounts receivable unless the hospital has undertaken all reasonable efforts to determine whether a patient with delinquent debt is eligible for Medicaid or other financial assistance under the hospital’s financial assistance policy. The bill also requires every hospital that is subject to the requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to make information about the hospital’s charity care policy available to individuals with low English proficiency in accordance with federal requirements. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2022 HB 1071 Virginia HB 1071 (2022)
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Virginia HB 1071 (2022) — Hospitals; financial assistance for uninsured patient, payment plans.

Hospitals; debt collection; determination of patient eligibility for financial assistance. Requires every hospital to (i) make reasonable efforts to screen every uninsured patient to determine whether the individual is eligible for Medicaid or financial assistance under the hospital’s financial assistance policy, (ii) may a payment plan available to every uninsured patient who is determined to be eligible for financial assistance under the hospital’s financial assistance policy if requested by the patient, (iii) develop a process for renegotiation of a payment plan, and (iv) report information about charity care, discounted care, or other financial assistance provided by the hospital under its financial assistance policy and the amount of the hospital’s uncollected bad debt. The bill prohibits hospitals from engaging in extraordinary collection actions to collect patient accounts receivable unless the hospital has undertaken all reasonable efforts to determine whether a patient with delinquent debt is eligible for Medicaid or other financial assistance under the hospital’s financial assistance policy. The bill also requires every hospital that is subject to the requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to make information about the hospital’s charity care policy available to individuals with low English proficiency in accordance with federal requirements.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0678 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Committee substitute printed 22105937D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Committee substitute printed 22106945D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Conference substitute printed 22107783D-H2 (committee substitute) — source
  5. HB1071ER (committee substitute) — source
  6. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103960D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
  • Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Senate insisted on substitute with amendment (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 0-N) — 5–0 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate with substitute with amendment (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 96-N) — 0–95 (fail) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Kathy K.L. Tran — primary (person)
  • Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
  • Sally L. Hudson — cosponsor (person)
  • Suhas Subramanyam — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103960D introduction
  • 2022-01-12 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
  • 2022-01-25 Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
  • 2022-02-01 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2022-02-01 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-02 Impact statement from DPB (HB1071)
  • 2022-02-10 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-02-10 Committee substitute printed 22105937D-H1 substitution
  • 2022-02-13 Read first time reading-1
  • 2022-02-14 Read second time reading-2
  • 2022-02-14 Committee substitute agreed to 22105937D-H1
  • 2022-02-14 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1071H1
  • 2022-02-14 Impact statement from DPB (HB1071H1)
  • 2022-02-15 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2022-02-15 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2022-02-16 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2022-02-24 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-02-24 Committee substitute printed 22106945D-S1 substitution
  • 2022-02-24 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2022-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (HB1071S1)
  • 2022-03-01 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-03-02 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-03-03 Read third time reading-3
  • 2022-03-03 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2022-03-03 Committee substitute agreed to 22106945D-S1
  • 2022-03-03 Reading of amendment waived
  • 2022-03-03 Committee amendment agreed to
  • 2022-03-03 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment HB1071S1
  • 2022-03-03 Passed Senate with substitute with amendment (39-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2022-03-07 Senate substitute with amendment rejected by House 22106945D-S1 (0-Y 96-N)
  • 2022-03-07 VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 96-N)
  • 2022-03-08 Senate insisted on substitute with amendment (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-03-08 Senate requested conference committee
  • 2022-03-09 House acceded to request
  • 2022-03-10 Conferees appointed by House
  • 2022-03-10 Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 2022-03-10 Amended by conference committee
  • 2022-03-10 Conference substitute printed 22107783D-H2
  • 2022-03-11 Conference report agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-03-11 VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-03-11 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-03-14 Impact statement from DPB (HB1071H2)
  • 2022-03-21 Enrolled
  • 2022-03-21 Impact statement from DPB (HB1071ER)
  • 2022-03-21 Signed by President
  • 2022-03-22 Signed by Speaker
  • 2022-03-22 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
  • 2022-03-22 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
  • 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 678 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e4e76b1e-a866-4064-bf3a-fda5e641cb1d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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