republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-24.md

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Bill	Long-term services and supports screening; expedited screening and screening exemption.	Long-term services and supports screening; expedited screening; screening exemption; emergency. Modifies existing provisions regarding the required long-term services and supports screening under the state plan for medical assistance services by creating greater flexibility for how screenings are completed under certain circumstances. Under the bill, any individual receiving inpatient services in an acute care hospital discharged to a nursing facility for skilled care only is not required to be screened prior to discharge from the hospital unless the individual requests the screening. The bill directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill. This bill is identical to HB 291 and contains an emergency clause.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 24	Virginia SB 24 (2024)	bill		enacted	Mamie E. Locke	4	31	5	2023-12-10	2024-03-26	openstates	ocd-bill/27e427b8-d945-4d8c-a458-10b9f0992151	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB24	82c465a51a09f220e42650a464a06c2c4f04242549af8e6968618dd7b3bcd302	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 24 (2024) — Long-term services and supports screening; expedited screening and screening exemption.

Long-term services and supports screening; expedited screening; screening exemption; emergency. Modifies existing provisions regarding the required long-term services and supports screening under the state plan for medical assistance services by creating greater flexibility for how screenings are completed under certain circumstances. Under the bill, any individual receiving inpatient services in an acute care hospital discharged to a nursing facility for skilled care only is not required to be screened prior to discharge from the hospital unless the individual requests the screening. The bill directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill. This bill is identical to HB 291 and contains an emergency clause.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0152 (committee substitute) — source
2. Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/10/24 24101200D (committee substitute) — source
3. Printed as engrossed 24101200D-E (committee substitute) — source
4. SB24ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mamie E. Locke — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-12-10 Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/10/24 24101200D filing, introduction
• 2023-12-10 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2024-01-12 Impact statement from DPB (SB24)
• 2024-01-18 Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health referral-committee
• 2024-01-23 Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-25 Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-26 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-01-29 Reading of amendment waived
• 2024-01-29 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-01-29 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB24E
• 2024-01-29 Printed as engrossed 24101200D-E
• 2024-01-30 Impact statement from DPB (SB24E)
• 2024-01-30 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-15 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-15 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-15 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2024-02-20 Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-22 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-23 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-23 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-23 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-28 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-28 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB24ER) passage
• 2024-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (SB24ER)
• 2024-02-28 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-02 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-26 Approved by Governor-Chapter 152 (effective 3/26/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-26 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0152)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/27e427b8-d945-4d8c-a458-10b9f0992151. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).