HB 1629 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Health care records; providers shall provide one free copy of records stored in EHR upon request.

Summary
Health care records; fees; certain requests by a patient or his attorney. Requires that a health care provider provide one free copy of a patient's medical records per calendar year if requested by a patient or his attorney for the purposes of supporting a claim or appeal under certain provisions of the Social Security Act or any federal or state financial needs-based benefit program. The bill provides that any additional request for medical records in the same calendar year is subject to a reasonable fee.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 3, 2025 Signed Mar 21, 2025
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What changed between versions

Enrolled Chaptered · 2 edits
MINOR
This bill was formally approved and assigned a chapter number, moving it from its enrolled draft status to an official act. The text indicates that specific sections of the Virginia Code regarding health care records and patient fees were amended and reenacted, though the detailed content of those amendments is not included in this excerpt.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains focused on health care records and patient fees as originally intended, with no new applicability or exemptions indicated in this excerpt.
TECHNICAL

Added the official chapter number (Chapter 182) and the specific approval date (March 21, 2025) to finalize the bill's enactment.

Removed the placeholder text indicating the session year and the generic 'CHAPTER' label, replacing them with the specific finalized details.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 19, 2025 · House of Delegates Jan 30, 2025

How they voted

400
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 19, 2025
D Democratic21
21 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
33
Key actions
9
Committee
8
Mar 21, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 182 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive
Mar 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1629ER)
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 6, 2025
Committee
Rereferred from Education and Health to Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 31, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Jan 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 21, 2025
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Civil
lower
Jan 16, 2025
Committee
Referred from Health and Human Services and referred to Courts of Justice (Voice Vote)
lower
Jan 13, 2025
Committee
Assigned sub: Health Professions
lower
Jan 3, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

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