republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-910.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hospitals; emergency department CPT code data reporting, quarterly reports."
description: "Hospital emergency department severity codedata reporting. Requires every hospital in the Commonwealth withan emergency department to report monthly to the Department of Health(the Department) the total number of visits to the hospital's emergencydepartment and the total number of visits to the hospital's emergencydepartment by severity cod. The bill directs the Department to (i)determine the average number of hospital emergency department visitsfor each severity code statewide and by region for each month, (ii)identify hospitals that report a number of hospital emergency departmentvisits for the highest severity code that is greater than the regionalaverage for such severity code for each month, and (iii) work withsuch hospitals to determine why the hospital is reporting a numberof emergency department visits coded at the highest severity codethat exceed the regional average. The bill also requires the Departmentto develop guidelines for the use of severity codes in emergencydepartments to facilitate accurate coding of emergency departmentvisits by severity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 910"
citation: "Virginia HB 910 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert D. Orrock, Sr."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/898a7aec-887c-4121-9f91-2a5b4d7e3ba2"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB910"
source_hash: "16469392024f7d5e92b0ab549cf6711d28ada35c3dfd9d0d2dec38c073c4b48d"
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 910 (2022) — Hospitals; emergency department CPT code data reporting, quarterly reports.

Hospital emergency department severity codedata reporting. Requires every hospital in the Commonwealth withan emergency department to report monthly to the Department of Health(the Department) the total number of visits to the hospital's emergencydepartment and the total number of visits to the hospital's emergencydepartment by severity cod. The bill directs the Department to (i)determine the average number of hospital emergency department visitsfor each severity code statewide and by region for each month, (ii)identify hospitals that report a number of hospital emergency departmentvisits for the highest severity code that is greater than the regionalaverage for such severity code for each month, and (iii) work withsuch hospitals to determine why the hospital is reporting a numberof emergency department visits coded at the highest severity codethat exceed the regional average. The bill also requires the Departmentto develop guidelines for the use of severity codes in emergencydepartments to facilitate accurate coding of emergency departmentvisits by severity.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0342** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0342)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22105746D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB910H1)
3. **HB910ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB910ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100889D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB910)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 0-N) — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100889D `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-21** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-01** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-02** Impact statement from DPB (HB910)
- **2022-02-10** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-10** Committee substitute printed 22105746D-H1 `substitution`
- **2022-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-14** Committee substitute agreed to 22105746D-H1
- **2022-02-14** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB910H1
- **2022-02-15** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-15** Impact statement from DPB (HB910H1)
- **2022-02-15** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-16** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-21** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-28** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-03** Enrolled
- **2022-03-03** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (HB910ER)
- **2022-03-04** Signed by President
- **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** Approved by Governor-Chapter 342 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/898a7aec-887c-4121-9f91-2a5b4d7e3ba2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).