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type: "Bill"
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title: "State plan for medical assistance services; adds provision related to doula care."
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description: "Department of Medical Assistance Services; state plan for medical assistance services; doula care. Adds provisions related to the provision of doula care under the state plan for medical assistance services specifying that such care includes support during labor and delivery and up to two linkage-to-care incentive payments for doulas."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 838"
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citation: "Virginia HB 838 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Adele Y. McClure"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2026-01-13"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00d3d761-ae34-444b-b7d2-89e3bae8631f"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB838"
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source_hash: "0d9a02fd796be55e039a43b5a759cd710a6506b72d88bcb071748ba9d1b18141"
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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 838 (2026) — State plan for medical assistance services; adds provision related to doula care.
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Department of Medical Assistance Services; state plan for medical assistance services; doula care. Adds provisions related to the provision of doula care under the state plan for medical assistance services specifying that such care includes support during labor and delivery and up to two linkage-to-care incentive payments for doulas.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1086099.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1221711.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1210860.PDF)
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## Votes
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- H VOTE: — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Appropriations — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Health and Human Services — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Adele Y. McClure — primary (person)
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- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicole Cole — cosponsor (person)
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- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
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- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104153D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-23** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB838)
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- **2026-01-23** Assigned sub: Social Services `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-05** Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2026-02-10** Reported from Health and Human Services and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-10** Assigned HAPP sub: Health & Human Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-11** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
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- **2026-02-11** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-16** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-24** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-26** Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-06** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-09** Rules suspended
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- **2026-03-09** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-09** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-10** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-10** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB838ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB838)
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- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 682 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-13** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0682)
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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/00d3d761-ae34-444b-b7d2-89e3bae8631f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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