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84 lines
4.4 KiB
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Health care providers; transfer of patient records in conjunction with closure, etc."
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description: "Health care providers; transfer of patient recordsin conjunction with closure, sale, or relocation of practice; electronicnotice permitted. Allows health care providers to notify patientseither electronically or by mail prior to the transfer of patientrecords in conjunction with the closure, sale, or relocation of thehealth care provider's practice. Current law requires health careproviders to provide such notice by mail."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "HB 555"
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citation: "Virginia HB 555 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr."]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2022-01-11"
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last_action: "2022-04-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c573fd72-28f3-4166-9501-04d04b2da5b9"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB555"
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source_hash: "870500501721f8f25783ef9a8c568bc597968f129c479d22a4d3d74788bbdc33"
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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 555 (2022) — Health care providers; transfer of patient records in conjunction with closure, etc.
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Health care providers; transfer of patient recordsin conjunction with closure, sale, or relocation of practice; electronicnotice permitted. Allows health care providers to notify patientseither electronically or by mail prior to the transfer of patientrecords in conjunction with the closure, sale, or relocation of thehealth care provider's practice. Current law requires health careproviders to provide such notice by mail.
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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. **CHAP0073** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0073)
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2. **HB555ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB555ER)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102359D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB555)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (20-Y 0-N) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102359D `introduction`
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- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB555)
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- **2022-02-01** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-04** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-07** Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-07** VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2022-02-08** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-17** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-02-21** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2022-02-23** Enrolled
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- **2022-02-23** Signed by Speaker
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- **2022-02-23** Signed by President
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- **2022-02-24** Impact statement from DPB (HB555ER)
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- **2022-03-09** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 9, 2022
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- **2022-03-09** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
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- **2022-04-01** Approved by Governor-Chapter 73 (effective 7/1/22) `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/c573fd72-28f3-4166-9501-04d04b2da5b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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