republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2025/hb-2534.md

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Bill	Nonhospitalized individuals; crisis stabilization services.	Department of Medical Assistance Services; state plan for medical assistance services; crisis stabilization services for nonhospitalized individuals; emergency. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to seek the necessary federal approvals to remove the prohibition against the use of crisis stabilization services for nonhospitalized individuals in institutions for mental disease and, upon receiving federal approval, (i) authorizes the Department of Medical Assistance Services to implement such change through agency guidance documents prior to the completion of any regulatory review process and (ii) directs it to promulgate regulations to implement such change to be effective within 280 days of receiving federal approval. This bill is identical to SB 1304.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2025	HB 2534	Virginia HB 2534 (2025)	bill		enacted	Briana D. Sewell	4	32	8	2025-01-09	2025-03-21	openstates	ocd-bill/bddaaf68-6236-4e16-8b5b-8b6428f60cdc	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2534	fd3a59338bfd7dd4254a08054a87529256c91641ee679e06a0b30de2d1ba2dab	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2534 (2025) — Nonhospitalized individuals; crisis stabilization services.

Department of Medical Assistance Services; state plan for medical assistance services; crisis stabilization services for nonhospitalized individuals; emergency. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to seek the necessary federal approvals to remove the prohibition against the use of crisis stabilization services for nonhospitalized individuals in institutions for mental disease and, upon receiving federal approval, (i) authorizes the Department of Medical Assistance Services to implement such change through agency guidance documents prior to the completion of any regulatory review process and (ii) directs it to promulgate regulations to implement such change to be effective within 280 days of receiving federal approval. This bill is identical to SB 1304.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. Health and Human Services Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Briana D. Sewell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; Offered 01-08-2025 25102156D filing, introduction
• 2025-01-09 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2025-01-21 Assigned sub: Social Services referral-committee
• 2025-01-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2025-01-24 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2534)
• 2025-01-28 Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-01-28 Committee substitute printed 25105285D-H1 substitution
• 2025-01-30 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2534)
• 2025-01-30 Read first time reading-1
• 2025-01-31 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-01-31 Health and Human Services Substitute agreed to
• 2025-01-31 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2025-02-03 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2025-02-03 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
• 2025-02-03 Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2025-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2025-02-04 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2025-02-13 Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-02-17 Rules suspended
• 2025-02-17 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading)
• 2025-02-17 Passed by for the day
• 2025-02-18 Read third time reading-3
• 2025-02-18 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2025-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
• 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2534ER) passage
• 2025-03-07 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2534)
• 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 285 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
• 2025-03-21 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0285)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bddaaf68-6236-4e16-8b5b-8b6428f60cdc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).