republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-729.md

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Bill	PACE programs; long-term services and support screening.	Long-term services and support screening; PACE programs; emergency. Allows qualified staff of programs of all-inclusive care for the elderly (PACE) to conduct the required long-term services and supports screening in accordance with requirements established by the Department of Medical Assistance Services. Under the bill, when a screening team determines that it is unable to complete a long-term services and supports screening within 30 days, or an individual requests enrollment in a PACE program, the screening team shall decide which entity can most expeditiously conduct the screening. Under the bill, qualified staff of a PACE program shall conduct the screening if the screening team determines that it is the most expeditious option. The bill directs the Department to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill and contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to SB 620.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 729	Virginia HB 729 (2024)	bill		enacted	Mark D. Sickles	4	29	5	2024-01-09	2024-03-08	openstates	ocd-bill/d2d1e297-6a12-42f1-9f2c-a614aa606e09	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB729	0e9877343fa3c02c5fdddf5038b2ea56c6e4d252c5d630a84163e1277847fd9a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 729 (2024) — PACE programs; long-term services and support screening.

Long-term services and support screening; PACE programs; emergency. Allows qualified staff of programs of all-inclusive care for the elderly (PACE) to conduct the required long-term services and supports screening in accordance with requirements established by the Department of Medical Assistance Services. Under the bill, when a screening team determines that it is unable to complete a long-term services and supports screening within 30 days, or an individual requests enrollment in a PACE program, the screening team shall decide which entity can most expeditiously conduct the screening. Under the bill, qualified staff of a PACE program shall conduct the screening if the screening team determines that it is the most expeditious option. The bill directs the Department to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill and contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to SB 620.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0048 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24105703D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB729ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101253D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mark D. Sickles — primary (person)
• Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
• Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101253D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2024-01-17 Impact statement from DPB (HB729)
• 2024-01-18 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-18 Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-18 Committee substitute printed 24105703D-H1 substitution
• 2024-01-22 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-01-22 Impact statement from DPB (HB729H1)
• 2024-01-23 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-01-23 Committee substitute agreed to 24105703D-H1 substitution
• 2024-01-23 Emergency clause added
• 2024-01-23 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB729H1 substitution
• 2024-01-24 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-01-24 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-01-25 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-01-25 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2024-02-15 Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-19 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-19 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-22 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-22 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB729ER) passage
• 2024-02-22 Impact statement from DPB (HB729ER)
• 2024-02-22 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-02-25 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-01 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-01 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 48 (effective 3/8/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0048)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d2d1e297-6a12-42f1-9f2c-a614aa606e09. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).