republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-610.md

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Bill	Slot-retention requests; Developmental Disability waiver slots, sunset date.	Department of Medical Assistance Services; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; slot-retention requests; Developmental Disability waivers; sunset. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to amend their regulations to allow for support coordinators to request and subsequently obtain approval of consecutive waiver slot-retention requests for a period of up to 365 calendar days for individuals who have been assigned a Developmental Disability waiver slot. Current regulations allow for four consecutive 30-day slot-retention extensions. The bill sunsets on June 30, 2026, and is identical to HB 577.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 610	Virginia SB 610 (2024)	bill		enacted	David R. Suetterlein Stella G. Pekarsky	4	31	5	2024-01-10	2024-03-20	openstates	ocd-bill/722afde7-8780-49a8-86e8-af41389d787a	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB610	d29189289fafc16be8126bb7f6a0f8270de3a5fe4a1e382383ef9b25dd72da57	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 610 (2024) — Slot-retention requests; Developmental Disability waiver slots, sunset date.

Department of Medical Assistance Services; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; slot-retention requests; Developmental Disability waivers; sunset. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to amend their regulations to allow for support coordinators to request and subsequently obtain approval of consecutive waiver slot-retention requests for a period of up to 365 calendar days for individuals who have been assigned a Developmental Disability waiver slot. Current regulations allow for four consecutive 30-day slot-retention extensions. The bill sunsets on June 30, 2026, and is identical to HB 577.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0125 (committee substitute) — source
2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24105008D (committee substitute) — source
3. Printed as engrossed 24105008D-E (committee substitute) — source
4. SB610ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David R. Suetterlein — primary (person)
• Stella G. Pekarsky — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24105008D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-10 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2024-01-18 Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health referral-committee
• 2024-01-22 Impact statement from DPB (SB610)
• 2024-01-31 Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-01 Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-02 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-05 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-05 Reading of amendment waived
• 2024-02-05 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-05 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB610E
• 2024-02-05 Printed as engrossed 24105008D-E
• 2024-02-06 Impact statement from DPB (SB610E)
• 2024-02-06 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-13 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2024-02-15 Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-19 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-20 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-20 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-26 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-26 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB610ER) passage
• 2024-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (SB610ER)
• 2024-02-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-02-29 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
• 2024-03-20 Approved by Governor-Chapter 125 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-20 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0125)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/722afde7-8780-49a8-86e8-af41389d787a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).