republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-543.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Health insurance; patient access to emergency services, mobile crisis response services.	Health insurance; emergency services; mobile crisis response services. Provides that emergency services, with respect to an emergency medical condition, include, as it relates to any mental health services or substance abuse services rendered at a behavioral health crisis service provider, (i) a behavioral health assessment that is within the capability of a behavioral health crisis service provider, including ancillary services routinely available to evaluate such emergency medical condition, and (ii) such further examination and treatment, to the extent that they are within the capabilities of the staff and facilities available at the behavioral health crisis service provider, as are required so that the patient's condition does not deteriorate. This bill is identical to HB 601.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 543	Virginia SB 543 (2024)	bill		enacted	Lamont Bagby	4	36	8	2024-01-10	2024-04-02	openstates	ocd-bill/1150aae9-ae31-4486-bf57-71772bd40f88	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB543	89c0c2ec69f880bdccfed1e4c411dcf2b42a033daf91ca73f75f8c8fdc3748bc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 543 (2024) — Health insurance; patient access to emergency services, mobile crisis response services.

Health insurance; emergency services; mobile crisis response services. Provides that emergency services, with respect to an emergency medical condition, include, as it relates to any mental health services or substance abuse services rendered at a behavioral health crisis service provider, (i) a behavioral health assessment that is within the capability of a behavioral health crisis service provider, including ancillary services routinely available to evaluate such emergency medical condition, and (ii) such further examination and treatment, to the extent that they are within the capabilities of the staff and facilities available at the behavioral health crisis service provider, as are required so that the patient's condition does not deteriorate. This bill is identical to HB 601.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0360 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24107088D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103447D (committee substitute) — source
4. SB543ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• House amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lamont Bagby — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103447D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-10 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2024-01-24 Impact statement from DPB (SB543)
• 2024-02-05 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-05 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-05 Committee substitute printed 24107088D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-05 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-08 Impact statement from DPB (SB543S1)
• 2024-02-08 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-12 Reading of substitute waived
• 2024-02-12 Committee substitute agreed to 24107088D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-12 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB543S1 substitution
• 2024-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-12 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-15 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-15 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-15 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2024-02-20 Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (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 Committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-23 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2024-02-23 Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-23 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-27 House amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) amendment-passage
• 2024-03-04 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-04 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB543ER) passage
• 2024-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (SB543ER)
• 2024-03-04 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-07 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
• 2024-04-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 360 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0360)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1150aae9-ae31-4486-bf57-71772bd40f88. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).