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type: "Bill"
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title: "Health insurance; patient access to emergency services, mobile crisis response services."
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description: "Health insurance; emergency services; mobile crisis response services. Provides that emergency services, with respect to an emergency medical condition, include, as it relates to any mental health services or substance abuse services rendered at a behavioral health crisis service provider, (i) a behavioral health assessment that is within the capability of a behavioral health crisis service provider, including ancillary services routinely available to evaluate such emergency medical condition, and (ii) such further examination and treatment, to the extent that they are within the capabilities of the staff and facilities available at the behavioral health crisis service provider, as are required so that the patient's condition does not deteriorate. This bill is identical to SB 543."
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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 601"
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citation: "Virginia HB 601 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Terry G. Kilgore"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2024-01-09"
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last_action: "2024-03-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15477e10-6f34-476e-aa75-c65d30439ce7"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB601"
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source_hash: "760cc89873c0c1d365426db09a8ce83de787847f6d828fc6e709931e48c6946b"
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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 601 (2024) — Health insurance; patient access to emergency services, mobile crisis response services.
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Health insurance; emergency services; mobile crisis response services. Provides that emergency services, with respect to an emergency medical condition, include, as it relates to any mental health services or substance abuse services rendered at a behavioral health crisis service provider, (i) a behavioral health assessment that is within the capability of a behavioral health crisis service provider, including ancillary services routinely available to evaluate such emergency medical condition, and (ii) such further examination and treatment, to the extent that they are within the capabilities of the staff and facilities available at the behavioral health crisis service provider, as are required so that the patient's condition does not deteriorate. This bill is identical to SB 543.
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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. **CHAP0199** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0199)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 24107116D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB601H1)
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3. **HB601ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB601ER)
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4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103445D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB601)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 4-N) — **93–4** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Terry G. Kilgore — primary (person)
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- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
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- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103445D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-16** Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (HB601)
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- **2024-02-06** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-02-06** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2024-02-08** Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-08** Committee substitute printed 24107116D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-09** Impact statement from DPB (HB601H1)
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- **2024-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-12** Committee substitute agreed to 24107116D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-12** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB601H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-26** Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `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** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2024-02-29** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-02-29** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2024-02-29** Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-03-04** Senate amendment agreed to by House (94-Y 4-N) `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-03-04** VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 4-N)
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- **2024-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB601ER) `passage`
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- **2024-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB601ER)
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- **2024-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-08** 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 199 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-28** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0199)
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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/15477e10-6f34-476e-aa75-c65d30439ce7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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