republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-81.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Statewide Telehealth Plan; Board of Health shall contract with the Virginia Telehealth Network."
description: "Board of Health; Statewide Telehealth Plan; Virginia Telehealth Network. Requires the Board of Health (the Board) to consult with the Virginia Telehealth Network in amending and maintaining the Statewide Telehealth Plan. The bill requires the Board to contract with the Virginia Telehealth Network, or another Virginia-based nongovernmental, nonprofit organization focused on telehealth if the Virginia Telehealth Network is no longer in existence, to (i) provide direct consultation to any advisory groups and groups tasked by the Board with implementation and data collection, (ii) track implementation of the Statewide Telehealth Plan, and (iii) facilitate changes to the Statewide Telehealth Plan as accepted medical practices and technologies evolve. This bill is identical to SB 436."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 81"
citation: "Virginia HB 81 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Terry G. Kilgore"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-01-05"
last_action: "2022-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45d1d9b5-33e1-4eaa-a68f-be7222085bb5"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB81"
source_hash: "d23eeaf522064ac059f541743c289d514d0c627c8004f3d2c7b107feb5a428e1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 81 (2022) — Statewide Telehealth Plan; Board of Health shall contract with the Virginia Telehealth Network.

Board of Health; Statewide Telehealth Plan; Virginia Telehealth Network. Requires the Board of Health (the Board) to consult with the Virginia Telehealth Network in amending and maintaining the Statewide Telehealth Plan. The bill requires the Board to contract with the Virginia Telehealth Network, or another Virginia-based nongovernmental, nonprofit organization focused on telehealth if the Virginia Telehealth Network is no longer in existence, to (i) provide direct consultation to any advisory groups and groups tasked by the Board with implementation and data collection, (ii) track implementation of the Statewide Telehealth Plan, and (iii) facilitate changes to the Statewide Telehealth Plan as accepted medical practices and technologies evolve. This bill is identical to SB 436.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0742** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0742)
2. **HB81ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB81ER)
3. **HB81ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB81ER2)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100950D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB81)

## Votes

- VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Terry G. Kilgore — primary (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100950D `introduction`
- **2022-01-05** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB81)
- **2022-01-20** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-01-25** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-26** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-26** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-01-27** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17** Reported from Education and Health with amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-21** Reading of amendments waived
- **2022-02-21** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2022-02-21** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2022-02-21** Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-23** Senate amendments agreed to by House (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-23** VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-25** Enrolled
- **2022-02-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-02-25** Signed by President
- **2022-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB81ER)
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Governor's recommendation received by House
- **2022-04-27** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-04-27** House concurred in Governor's recommendation BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-04-27** VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-04-27** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-04-27** Governor's recommendation adopted
- **2022-04-27** Reenrolled
- **2022-04-27** Reenrolled bill text (HB81ER2)
- **2022-04-27** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- **2022-04-27** Signed by President as reenrolled
- **2022-04-27** Enacted, Chapter 742 (effective 7/1/22) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/45d1d9b5-33e1-4eaa-a68f-be7222085bb5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).