republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-987.md

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Bill	Proton radiation therapy; clinical evidence for decisions on coverage.	Proton radiation therapy; clinical evidence for decisions on coverage. Permits a health insurance carrier to consider (i) coverage of a proton radiation therapy treatment by Medicare, Medicaid, or any other governmental health care coverage for any type of cancer or (ii) a recommendation of proton radiation therapy by a patient's treating physician or radiation oncologist as a sufficient standard of clinical evidence to justify coverage of proton radiation therapy.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 987	Virginia HB 987 (2024)	bill		enacted	Michelle Lopes Maldonado	4	30	7	2024-01-09	2024-04-05	openstates	ocd-bill/b0c1f3e0-784a-4202-b506-505d3186769a	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB987	b336cb323c82d7ccb755d64514cead2c35a2e732480d32443007ae28eff79f92	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 987 (2024) — Proton radiation therapy; clinical evidence for decisions on coverage.

Proton radiation therapy; clinical evidence for decisions on coverage. Permits a health insurance carrier to consider (i) coverage of a proton radiation therapy treatment by Medicare, Medicaid, or any other governmental health care coverage for any type of cancer or (ii) a recommendation of proton radiation therapy by a patient's treating physician or radiation oncologist as a sufficient standard of clinical evidence to justify coverage of proton radiation therapy.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0538 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB987ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103741D (committee substitute) — source
4. Printed as engrossed 24103741D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 1-N) — 6–1 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Michelle Lopes Maldonado — primary (person)
• Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103741D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2024-01-18 Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2024-01-26 Impact statement from DPB (HB987)
• 2024-01-30 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 1-N)
• 2024-02-01 Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-06 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-06 Engrossed by House as amended HB987E
• 2024-02-06 Printed as engrossed 24103741D-E
• 2024-02-07 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-07 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-08 Impact statement from DPB (HB987E)
• 2024-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-08 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2024-02-19 Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-19 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-29 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (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 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB987ER) 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
• 2024-04-05 Approved by Governor-Chapter 538 (effective 7/1/24 - see bill) executive-signature
• 2024-04-05 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0538)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b0c1f3e0-784a-4202-b506-505d3186769a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).