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Bill DOC and State Board of Local and Regional Jails; policies on inmate participation in telehealth. Department of Corrections; State Board of Local and Regional Jails; policies on inmate participation in telehealth. Requires the Department of Corrections and the State Board of Local and Regional Jails to develop and implement policies for the accommodation in local, regional, state, and community correctional facilities of inmate participation in telehealth appointments, which shall include designating a private space for such telehealth appointments to occur. The bill requires the Department of Corrections and the State Board of Local and Regional Jails to provide an update to the Joint Commission on Health Care by October 1, 2025, on (i) the status of the policies for the accommodation of inmate participation in telehealth appointments required to be developed and implemented pursuant to the provisions of this act; (ii) opportunities to expand telehealth programs in local, regional, state, and community correctional facilities; and (iii) recommended strategies to reduce gaps in or barriers to telehealth service delivery in such correctional facilities. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 SB 1039 Virginia SB 1039 (2025)
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Virginia SB 1039 (2025) — DOC and State Board of Local and Regional Jails; policies on inmate participation in telehealth.

Department of Corrections; State Board of Local and Regional Jails; policies on inmate participation in telehealth. Requires the Department of Corrections and the State Board of Local and Regional Jails to develop and implement policies for the accommodation in local, regional, state, and community correctional facilities of inmate participation in telehealth appointments, which shall include designating a private space for such telehealth appointments to occur. The bill requires the Department of Corrections and the State Board of Local and Regional Jails to provide an update to the Joint Commission on Health Care by October 1, 2025, on (i) the status of the policies for the accommodation of inmate participation in telehealth appointments required to be developed and implemented pursuant to the provisions of this act; (ii) opportunities to expand telehealth programs in local, regional, state, and community correctional facilities; and (iii) recommended strategies to reduce gaps in or barriers to telehealth service delivery in such correctional facilities. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care.

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. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Public Safety (16-Y 5-N) — 165 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 1-N) — 51 (pass) · lower
  • Passed House (81-Y 15-N) — 8115 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Stella G. Pekarsky — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102215D filing, introduction
  • 2025-01-07 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
  • 2025-01-31 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1039)
  • 2025-01-31 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-03 Rules suspended
  • 2025-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-02-03 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-02-04 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2025-02-04 Rules suspended
  • 2025-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-02-04 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-07 Placed on Calendar
  • 2025-02-07 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-02-07 Referred to Committee on Public Safety referral-committee
  • 2025-02-11 Assigned PS sub: Public Safety referral-committee
  • 2025-02-13 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 1-N)
  • 2025-02-14 Reported from Public Safety (16-Y 5-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-18 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-02-19 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-19 Passed House (81-Y 15-N) passage
  • 2025-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1039ER) passage
  • 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
  • 2025-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1039)
  • 2025-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 427 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0427)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/eef46b6c-8d03-4d16-acf4-91ee85dd2ce9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).