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| Bill | Individuals with developmental disabilities; financial eligibility. | Department of Medical Assistances Services; financial eligibility standards for certain waivers providing services to individuals with developmental disabilities. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to amend the financial eligibility standards for individuals receiving services under the Family and Individual Support Waiver, Community Living Waiver, and Building Independence Waiver (the DD Waivers). The bill requires the Department, when determining financial eligibility for the DD Waivers, to disregard any Social Security Disability Insurance income above the maximum monthly Supplemental Security Income as determined by the U.S. Social Security Administration; however, such Social Security Disability Insurance income shall not be disregarded for purposes of determining an individual's patient pay obligation. The bill also requires the Department to (i) analyze the implications of such amendments to the financial eligibility standards for individuals under the DD waivers, which shall include a determination of the costs and the number of individuals who would benefit from such amendments and (ii) report its findings to the Chairmen of the Senate Committees on Education and Health and Finance and Appropriations and the House Committees on Health and Human Services and Appropriations no later than November 1, 2024. The bill sunsets on July 1, 2026. This bill is identical to SB 676. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2024 | HB 908 | Virginia HB 908 (2024) |
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Virginia HB 908 (2024) — Individuals with developmental disabilities; financial eligibility.
Department of Medical Assistances Services; financial eligibility standards for certain waivers providing services to individuals with developmental disabilities. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to amend the financial eligibility standards for individuals receiving services under the Family and Individual Support Waiver, Community Living Waiver, and Building Independence Waiver (the DD Waivers). The bill requires the Department, when determining financial eligibility for the DD Waivers, to disregard any Social Security Disability Insurance income above the maximum monthly Supplemental Security Income as determined by the U.S. Social Security Administration; however, such Social Security Disability Insurance income shall not be disregarded for purposes of determining an individual's patient pay obligation. The bill also requires the Department to (i) analyze the implications of such amendments to the financial eligibility standards for individuals under the DD waivers, which shall include a determination of the costs and the number of individuals who would benefit from such amendments and (ii) report its findings to the Chairmen of the Senate Committees on Education and Health and Finance and Appropriations and the House Committees on Health and Human Services and Appropriations no later than November 1, 2024. The bill sunsets on July 1, 2026. This bill is identical to SB 676.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0211 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 24108117D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
- HB908ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100525D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute with amendment (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Irene Shin — primary (person)
- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
- James A. "Jay" Leftwich — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)
- Mark D. Sickles — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
- Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100525D
filing, introduction - 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
referral-committee - 2024-01-19 Assigned sub: Social Services
referral-committee - 2024-01-22 Impact statement from DPB (HB908)
- 2024-02-01 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 2024-02-06 Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-08 Read first time
reading-1 - 2024-02-09 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2024-02-12 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2024-02-12 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
passage - 2024-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2024-02-13 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2024-02-19 Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health
referral-committee - 2024-02-20 Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2024-02-22 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2024-02-22 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-22 Committee substitute printed 24108117D-S1
substitution - 2024-02-22 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
referral-committee - 2024-02-23 Impact statement from DPB (HB908S1)
- 2024-02-29 Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2024-02-29 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 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 24108117D-S1
substitution - 2024-03-05 Reading of amendment waived
- 2024-03-05 Committee amendment agreed to
amendment-passage - 2024-03-05 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment HB908S1
substitution - 2024-03-05 Passed Senate with substitute with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2024-03-06 Senate substitute with amendment agreed to by House 24108117D-S1 (99-Y 0-N)
amendment-passage, substitution - 2024-03-06 VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
- 2024-03-25 Enrolled
enrolled - 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB908ER)
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 - 2024-03-28 Approved by Governor-Chapter 211 (effective 7/1/24)
executive-signature - 2024-03-28 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0211)
- 2024-04-07 Impact statement from DPB (HB908ER)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6e64be9b-11c9-4714-98eb-d4636c8ae514. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).