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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 HB 601."
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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: "SB 543"
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citation: "Virginia SB 543 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Lamont Bagby"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2024-01-10"
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last_action: "2024-04-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1150aae9-ae31-4486-bf57-71772bd40f88"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB543"
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source_hash: "89c0c2ec69f880bdccfed1e4c411dcf2b42a033daf91ca73f75f8c8fdc3748bc"
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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 SB 543 (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 HB 601.
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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. **CHAP0360** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0360)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 24107088D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB543S1)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103447D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB543)
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4. **SB543ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB543ER)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- House amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Lamont Bagby — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103447D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-10** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB543)
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- **2024-02-05** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-02-05** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-05** Committee substitute printed 24107088D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-05** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-08** Impact statement from DPB (SB543S1)
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- **2024-02-08** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-12** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2024-02-12** Committee substitute agreed to 24107088D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-12** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB543S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-12** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-15** Placed on Calendar
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- **2024-02-15** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-15** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-20** Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-22** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-23** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-02-23** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2024-02-23** Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-23** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-27** House amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-03-04** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-04** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB543ER) `passage`
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- **2024-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (SB543ER)
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- **2024-03-04** 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`
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- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 360 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0360)
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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/1150aae9-ae31-4486-bf57-71772bd40f88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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