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type: "Bill"
title: "Nonhospitalized individuals; crisis stabilization services."
description: "Department of Medical Assistance Services; state plan for medical assistance services; crisis stabilization services for nonhospitalized individuals; emergency. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to seek the necessary federal approvals to remove the prohibition against the use of crisis stabilization services for nonhospitalized individuals in institutions for mental disease and, upon receiving federal approval, (i) authorizes the Department of Medical Assistance Services to implement such change through agency guidance documents prior to the completion of any regulatory review process and (ii) directs it to promulgate regulations to implement such change to be effective within 280 days of receiving federal approval. This bill is identical to SB 1304."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 2534"
citation: "Virginia HB 2534 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briana D. Sewell"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-01-09"
last_action: "2025-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bddaaf68-6236-4e16-8b5b-8b6428f60cdc"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2534"
source_hash: "fd3a59338bfd7dd4254a08054a87529256c91641ee679e06a0b30de2d1ba2dab"
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 2534 (2025) — Nonhospitalized individuals; crisis stabilization services.
Department of Medical Assistance Services; state plan for medical assistance services; crisis stabilization services for nonhospitalized individuals; emergency. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to seek the necessary federal approvals to remove the prohibition against the use of crisis stabilization services for nonhospitalized individuals in institutions for mental disease and, upon receiving federal approval, (i) authorizes the Department of Medical Assistance Services to implement such change through agency guidance documents prior to the completion of any regulatory review process and (ii) directs it to promulgate regulations to implement such change to be effective within 280 days of receiving federal approval. This bill is identical to SB 1304.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1017275.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073119.PDF)
3. **Health and Human Services Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1028200.PDF)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1061429.PDF)
## Votes
- Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) — **990** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N) — **980** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **210** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) — **130** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Briana D. Sewell — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; Offered 01-08-2025 25102156D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-09** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21** Assigned sub: Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2025-01-24** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2534)
- **2025-01-28** Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-28** Committee substitute printed 25105285D-H1 `substitution`
- **2025-01-30** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2534)
- **2025-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-01-31** Health and Human Services Substitute agreed to
- **2025-01-31** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2025-02-03** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-03** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2025-02-03** Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-02-04** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-17** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading)
- **2025-02-17** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-18** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2534ER) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2534)
- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 285 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0285)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bddaaf68-6236-4e16-8b5b-8b6428f60cdc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).