republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-205.md

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Bill	Workers' compensation; prompt payment, limitation on claims.	Workers' compensation; prompt payment; limitation on claims. Prohibits an employer or workers' compensation carrier from seeking recovery of a payment made to a health care provider for health care services rendered to a claimant unless such recovery is sought less than one year from the date payment was made to the health care provider. Under current law, such prohibition only applies to services rendered after July 1, 2014. The bill also prohibits a health care provider from submitting a claim to the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission contesting the sufficiency of payment for health care services rendered to a claimant unless such claim is filed within one year of the date the last payment is received by the health care provider. Under current law, such prohibition only applies to services rendered after July 1, 2014.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 205	Virginia HB 205 (2024)	bill		enacted	Shelly A. Simonds	3	25	6	2024-01-04	2024-03-28	openstates	ocd-bill/0fd408bf-29a0-47e0-9133-eb22219fd504	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB205	9a59d1e2b91b445b3cbe5943037a791b922a28c19f92f42824d60ca06884dda5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 205 (2024) — Workers' compensation; prompt payment, limitation on claims.

Workers' compensation; prompt payment; limitation on claims. Prohibits an employer or workers' compensation carrier from seeking recovery of a payment made to a health care provider for health care services rendered to a claimant unless such recovery is sought less than one year from the date payment was made to the health care provider. Under current law, such prohibition only applies to services rendered after July 1, 2014. The bill also prohibits a health care provider from submitting a claim to the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission contesting the sufficiency of payment for health care services rendered to a claimant unless such claim is filed within one year of the date the last payment is received by the health care provider. Under current law, such prohibition only applies to services rendered after July 1, 2014.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0177 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB205ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101194D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Labor and Commerce (17-Y 4-N) — 17–4 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (97-Y 1-N) — 96–1 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Shelly A. Simonds — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-04 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101194D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-04 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2024-01-15 Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2024-01-16 Impact statement from DPB (HB205)
• 2024-01-18 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-23 Reported from Labor and Commerce (17-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-25 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-01-26 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-01-29 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 1-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-01-29 VOTE: Passage (97-Y 1-N) passage
• 2024-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-01-30 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2024-02-26 Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N 1-A) committee-passage
• 2024-02-28 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-29 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-29 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-06 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-06 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB205ER) passage
• 2024-03-06 Impact statement from DPB (HB205ER)
• 2024-03-06 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-07 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-28 Approved by Governor-Chapter 177 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-28 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0177)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0fd408bf-29a0-47e0-9133-eb22219fd504. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).