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type: "Bill"
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title: "Hospitals; notification to patient of outpatient physical therapy following discharge."
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description: "Hospitals; notification; physical therapy. Requires the Board of Health to adopt regulations requiring hospitals to establish protocols to ensure that any patient scheduled to receive an elective surgical procedure for which the patient can reasonably be expected to require outpatient physical therapy as a follow-up treatment after discharge is informed that he (i) is expected to require outpatient physical therapy as a follow-up treatment and (ii) will be required to select a physical therapy provider prior to being discharged from the hospital."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 763"
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citation: "Virginia HB 763 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Robert D. Orrock, Sr."]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2020-01-07"
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last_action: "2020-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78de5dca-c162-4208-bb0b-1738c428aa92"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB763"
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source_hash: "653674c0138888e701238207b227666c2425af7b963ab7d34bee060239606e33"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 763 (2020) — Hospitals; notification to patient of outpatient physical therapy following discharge.
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Hospitals; notification; physical therapy. Requires the Board of Health to adopt regulations requiring hospitals to establish protocols to ensure that any patient scheduled to receive an elective surgical procedure for which the patient can reasonably be expected to require outpatient physical therapy as a follow-up treatment after discharge is informed that he (i) is expected to require outpatient physical therapy as a follow-up treatment and (ii) will be required to select a physical therapy provider prior to being discharged from the hospital.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0714)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0714)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB763ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB763ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB763)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB763)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB763H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB763H1)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (19-Y 2-N) — **19–2** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (65-Y 34-N) — **65–33** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 1-N) — **4–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101523D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-09** Impact statement from DPB (HB763)
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- **2020-01-27** Assigned HWI sub: Health `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-28** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2020-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 1-N)
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- **2020-01-30** Committee substitute printed 20106871D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2020-01-30** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (19-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (HB763H1)
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- **2020-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-04** Committee substitute agreed to 20106871D-H1
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- **2020-02-04** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB763H1
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- **2020-02-05** Read third time and passed House (65-Y 34-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-05** VOTE: Passage (65-Y 34-N)
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- **2020-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-02-06** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-17** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-20** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-27** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB763ER)
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- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-06** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 6, 2020
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- **2020-03-06** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 714 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/78de5dca-c162-4208-bb0b-1738c428aa92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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