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Bill Medical Assistance Services, Department of; lien for claim of personal injuries. Department of Medical Assistance Services; lien for claim of personal injuries. Creates a process by which a lien in favor of the Department of Medical Assistance Services on a claim for personal injuries may be satisfied upon the request of the injured person who received medical care or services to treat such personal injury. The bill provides that the Department is required within 60 days of receipt of the request of the injured person to provide such injured person or his personal representative with an itemized statement detailing all health care expenses paid for by a program of the Department and a sum specific demand for payment in full and final resolution of the Department's lien. Such request shall not be made by the injured person or his personal representative until all claims for health care expenses to be paid for by a program of the Department for an alleged injury on which the claim is based have been submitted to and processed for potential payment by the Department. The bill provides that if the Department fails to respond to such request, the injured party or his personal representative may submit to the Department an offer of payment for a sum certain in satisfaction of the lien, including an explanation of the reasons for such offer, and the Department may then, within 30 days, accept or reject such offer. The bill also clarifies that such process is not the exclusive means by which an injured person or his personal representative may request such itemized statement of health care expenses. Under the bill, the Department shall report on a quarterly basis those offers of the payment for a sum certain in satisfaction of liens to which it does not respond to the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations and the House Committee on Appropriations. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2024 HB 315 Virginia HB 315 (2024)
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Virginia HB 315 (2024) — Medical Assistance Services, Department of; lien for claim of personal injuries.

Department of Medical Assistance Services; lien for claim of personal injuries. Creates a process by which a lien in favor of the Department of Medical Assistance Services on a claim for personal injuries may be satisfied upon the request of the injured person who received medical care or services to treat such personal injury. The bill provides that the Department is required within 60 days of receipt of the request of the injured person to provide such injured person or his personal representative with an itemized statement detailing all health care expenses paid for by a program of the Department and a sum specific demand for payment in full and final resolution of the Department's lien. Such request shall not be made by the injured person or his personal representative until all claims for health care expenses to be paid for by a program of the Department for an alleged injury on which the claim is based have been submitted to and processed for potential payment by the Department. The bill provides that if the Department fails to respond to such request, the injured party or his personal representative may submit to the Department an offer of payment for a sum certain in satisfaction of the lien, including an explanation of the reasons for such offer, and the Department may then, within 30 days, accept or reject such offer. The bill also clarifies that such process is not the exclusive means by which an injured person or his personal representative may request such itemized statement of health care expenses. Under the bill, the Department shall report on a quarterly basis those offers of the payment for a sum certain in satisfaction of liens to which it does not respond to the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations and the House Committee on Appropriations.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0807 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Committee substitute printed 24108648D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. HB315ER (committee substitute) — source
  4. HB315ER2 (committee substitute) — source
  5. Printed as engrossed 24104190D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N) — 130 (pass) · upper
  • Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — 140 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (20-Y 1-N) — 201 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N) — 940 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • BLOCK VOTE: (100-Y 0-N) — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Passage (96-Y 0-N) — 950 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Marcus B. Simon — primary (person)
  • Jason S. Ballard — cosponsor (person)
  • Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
  • Thomas A. Garrett, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104190D filing, introduction
  • 2024-01-05 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2024-01-16 Assigned Courts sub: Civil referral-committee
  • 2024-01-17 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-01-19 Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-01-19 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2024-01-21 Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources referral-committee
  • 2024-01-22 Impact statement from DPB (HB315)
  • 2024-02-02 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-02-02 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-02-05 Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (20-Y 1-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-07 Read first time reading-1
  • 2024-02-08 Read second time reading-2
  • 2024-02-08 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
  • 2024-02-08 Engrossed by House as amended HB315E
  • 2024-02-08 Printed as engrossed 24104190D-E
  • 2024-02-09 Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2024-02-09 VOTE: Passage (96-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2024-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2024-02-12 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2024-02-19 Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-19 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2024-02-22 Impact statement from DPB (HB315E)
  • 2024-02-29 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-29 Committee substitute printed 24108648D-S1 substitution
  • 2024-03-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-03-05 Read third time reading-3
  • 2024-03-05 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2024-03-05 Committee substitute agreed to 24108648D-S1 substitution
  • 2024-03-05 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB315S1 substitution
  • 2024-03-05 Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2024-03-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB315S1)
  • 2024-03-06 Senate substitute agreed to by House 24108648D-S1 (95-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2024-03-06 VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB315ER) passage
  • 2024-03-25 Signed by President passage
  • 2024-03-26 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2024-03-27 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
  • 2024-04-07 Impact statement from DPB (HB315ER)
  • 2024-04-08 Governor's recommendation received by House executive-veto-line-item
  • 2024-04-17 House concurred in Governor's recommendation BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-04-17 BLOCK VOTE: (100-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-04-17 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-04-17 Governor's recommendation adopted executive-signature
  • 2024-04-17 Reenrolled enrolled
  • 2024-04-17 Reenrolled bill text (HB315ER2) enrolled
  • 2024-04-17 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled enrolled, passage
  • 2024-04-17 Signed by President as reenrolled enrolled, passage
  • 2024-04-17 Enacted, Chapter 807 (effective 1/1/25) became-law
  • 2024-04-17 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0807)
  • 2024-04-17 Acts of Assembly Chapter text reprinted (CHAP0807)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/495e6a1b-1d22-4bf2-bd6e-5dc322c963b2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).