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type: "Bill"
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title: "Workers' compensation; prompt payment, limitation on claims."
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description: "Workers' compensation; prompt payment; limitation on claims. Prohibits an employer or workers' compensation carrier from seeking recovery of a payment made to a health care provider for health care services rendered to a claimant unless such recovery is sought less than one year from the date payment was made to the health care provider. Under current law, such prohibition only applies to services rendered after July 1, 2014. The bill also prohibits a health care provider from submitting a claim to the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission contesting the sufficiency of payment for health care services rendered to a claimant unless such claim is filed within one year of the date the last payment is received by the health care provider. Under current law, such prohibition only applies to services rendered after July 1, 2014."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 205"
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citation: "Virginia HB 205 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Shelly A. Simonds"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2024-01-04"
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last_action: "2024-03-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fd408bf-29a0-47e0-9133-eb22219fd504"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB205"
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source_hash: "9a59d1e2b91b445b3cbe5943037a791b922a28c19f92f42824d60ca06884dda5"
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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 205 (2024) — Workers' compensation; prompt payment, limitation on claims.
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Workers' compensation; prompt payment; limitation on claims. Prohibits an employer or workers' compensation carrier from seeking recovery of a payment made to a health care provider for health care services rendered to a claimant unless such recovery is sought less than one year from the date payment was made to the health care provider. Under current law, such prohibition only applies to services rendered after July 1, 2014. The bill also prohibits a health care provider from submitting a claim to the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission contesting the sufficiency of payment for health care services rendered to a claimant unless such claim is filed within one year of the date the last payment is received by the health care provider. Under current law, such prohibition only applies to services rendered after July 1, 2014.
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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. **CHAP0177** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0177)
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2. **HB205ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB205ER)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101194D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB205)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Labor and Commerce (17-Y 4-N) — **17–4** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (97-Y 1-N) — **96–1** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Shelly A. Simonds — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-04** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101194D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-04** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-15** Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB205)
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- **2024-01-18** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-01-23** Reported from Labor and Commerce (17-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-01-25** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-01-26** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2024-01-29** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-01-29** VOTE: Passage (97-Y 1-N) `passage`
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- **2024-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-01-30** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-26** Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-28** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-29** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-29** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-03-06** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-06** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB205ER) `passage`
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- **2024-03-06** Impact statement from DPB (HB205ER)
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- **2024-03-06** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-07** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-28** Approved by Governor-Chapter 177 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-28** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0177)
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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/0fd408bf-29a0-47e0-9133-eb22219fd504`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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