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| Bill | Health care records; providers shall provide one free copy of records stored in EHR upon request. | Health care records; fees; certain requests by a patient or his attorney. Requires that a health care provider provide one free copy of a patient's medical records per calendar year if requested by a patient or his attorney for the purposes of supporting a claim or appeal under certain provisions of the Social Security Act or any federal or state financial needs-based benefit program. The bill provides that any additional request for medical records in the same calendar year is subject to a reasonable fee. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | HB 1629 | Virginia HB 1629 (2025) |
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Virginia HB 1629 (2025) — Health care records; providers shall provide one free copy of records stored in EHR upon request.
Health care records; fees; certain requests by a patient or his attorney. Requires that a health care provider provide one free copy of a patient's medical records per calendar year if requested by a patient or his attorney for the purposes of supporting a claim or appeal under certain provisions of the Social Security Act or any federal or state financial needs-based benefit program. The bill provides that any additional request for medical records in the same calendar year is subject to a reasonable fee.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Rereferred from Education and Health and rereferred to Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Joshua E. Thomas — primary (person)
- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-03 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100526D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-03 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
referral-committee - 2025-01-13 Assigned sub: Health Professions
referral-committee - 2025-01-15 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1629)
- 2025-01-16 Referred from Health and Human Services and referred to Courts of Justice (Voice Vote)
referral-committee - 2025-01-21 Assigned Courts sub: Civil
referral-committee - 2025-01-22 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
substitution - 2025-01-24 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-24 Committee substitute printed 25105523D-H1
substitution - 2025-01-24 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1629)
- 2025-01-28 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-01-29 Read second time
reading-2 - 2025-01-29 Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
- 2025-01-29 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2025-01-30 Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2025-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2025-01-31 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2025-02-06 Rereferred from Education and Health to Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
referral-committee - 2025-02-17 Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-18 Rules suspended
- 2025-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- 2025-02-18 Passed by for the day
- 2025-02-19 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-19 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-03-07 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1629ER)
passage - 2025-03-07 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1629)
- 2025-03-07 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2025-03-10 Signed by President
passage - 2025-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2025-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
executive-receipt - 2025-03-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 182 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive-signature - 2025-03-21 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0182)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/131a426d-eb5b-46d5-9867-094f2455654d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).