republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-620.md

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Bill	PACE programs; long-term services and support screening.	Long-term services and support screening; PACE programs; emergency. Allows qualified staff of programs of all-inclusive care for the elderly (PACE) to conduct the required long-term services and supports screening in accordance with requirements established by the Department of Medical Assistance Services. Under the bill, when a screening team determines that it is unable to complete a long-term services and supports screening within 30 days, or an individual requests enrollment in a PACE program, the screening team shall decide which entity can most expeditiously conduct the screening. Under the bill, qualified staff of a PACE program shall conduct the screening if the screening team determines that it is the most expeditious option. The bill directs the Department to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill and contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to HB 729.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 620	Virginia SB 620 (2024)	bill		enacted	Todd E. Pillion	4	35	7	2024-01-10	2024-04-04	openstates	ocd-bill/c9c70a9d-f4ad-44a3-82d9-9c635fe29e6d	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB620	70d5679fb98b95b59be6f2eb8afb851678c56b7924672ee513befc9052d6f3b3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 620 (2024) — PACE programs; long-term services and support screening.

Long-term services and support screening; PACE programs; emergency. Allows qualified staff of programs of all-inclusive care for the elderly (PACE) to conduct the required long-term services and supports screening in accordance with requirements established by the Department of Medical Assistance Services. Under the bill, when a screening team determines that it is unable to complete a long-term services and supports screening within 30 days, or an individual requests enrollment in a PACE program, the screening team shall decide which entity can most expeditiously conduct the screening. Under the bill, qualified staff of a PACE program shall conduct the screening if the screening team determines that it is the most expeditious option. The bill directs the Department to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill and contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to HB 729.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0517 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24105867D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100955D (committee substitute) — source
4. SB620ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (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 Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Todd E. Pillion — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100955D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-10 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2024-01-17 Impact statement from DPB (SB620)
• 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 substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-25 Committee substitute printed 24105867D-S1 substitution
• 2024-01-25 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-01-26 Impact statement from DPB (SB620S1)
• 2024-02-06 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-08 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-08 Reading of substitute waived
• 2024-02-08 Committee substitute agreed to 24105867D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-08 Emergency clause added
• 2024-02-08 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB620S1 substitution
• 2024-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-08 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-14 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-14 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-14 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 (SB620ER) passage
• 2024-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (SB620ER)
• 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
• 2024-04-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 517 (effective 4/4/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-04 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0517)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c9c70a9d-f4ad-44a3-82d9-9c635fe29e6d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).