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type: "Bill"
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title: "Nonemergency medical transportation providers; fee disclosure."
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description: "Nonemergency medical transportation providers; fee disclosure. Requires a nonemergency medical transportation provider or the medical care facility prearranging transport through such a provider, prior to providing such transportation services to a patient, to provide the patient or the patient's representative with a standardized disclosure form of all associated fees or other charges for which the patient will be responsible for such transportation services. The bill also requires that nonemergency medical transportation providers provide the medical care facility with the required form. Such provisions have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027. Finally, effective July 1, 2026, the bill directs the Department of Health to develop and publish a standardized disclosure form on its website by October 1, 2026."
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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 1115"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1115 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["May Nivar"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2026-01-14"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1197b69f-10f2-43ea-81cf-2153d1147657"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1115"
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source_hash: "a73e5c0e1b89725a5c3c024f59a322673ec326b805d06409b371e4e7cc6b59aa"
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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 1115 (2026) — Nonemergency medical transportation providers; fee disclosure.
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Nonemergency medical transportation providers; fee disclosure. Requires a nonemergency medical transportation provider or the medical care facility prearranging transport through such a provider, prior to providing such transportation services to a patient, to provide the patient or the patient's representative with a standardized disclosure form of all associated fees or other charges for which the patient will be responsible for such transportation services. The bill also requires that nonemergency medical transportation providers provide the medical care facility with the required form. Such provisions have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027. Finally, effective July 1, 2026, the bill directs the Department of Health to develop and publish a standardized disclosure form on its website by October 1, 2026.
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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/1087484.PDF)
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2. **Health Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1136587.PDF)
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3. **Health and Human Services Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1143360.PDF)
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4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194567.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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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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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- May Nivar — primary (person)
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- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Charlie Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
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- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
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- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
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- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
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- Gretchen M. Bulova — cosponsor (person)
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- Joshua E. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
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- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
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- Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie — cosponsor (person)
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- Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
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- Katrina Callsen — cosponsor (person)
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- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
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- Leslie Chambers Mehta — cosponsor (person)
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- Lindsey Dougherty — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
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- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
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- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
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- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-14** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103631D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-14** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-27** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1115)
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- **2026-02-03** House committee offered
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- **2026-02-10** House subcommittee offered
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- **2026-02-10** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-12** Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-12** Committee substitute printed 26107466D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-13** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1115)
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- **2026-02-15** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-16** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
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- **2026-02-16** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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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 (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-27** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-27** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-27** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-02** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-09** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-09** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1115ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-09** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1115)
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- **2026-03-09** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-09** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 736 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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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/1197b69f-10f2-43ea-81cf-2153d1147657`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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