SB 1461 Virginia Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Rapid whole genome sequencing; state plan for medical assistance services.

Summary
Department of Medical Assistance Services; state plan for medical assistance services; rapid whole genome sequencing; emergency. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to add a provision to the state plan for medical assistance services allowing payment of medical assistance for rapid whole genome sequencing, as defined in the bill, for children three years of age or younger who are receiving inpatient hospital services in an intensive care unit. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to HB 1900.
Sub-Topics: Hospitals
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Signed Mar 19, 2025
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Enrolled → Chaptered · 1 edit
MINOR
This bill converts SB 1461 from an enrolled bill to a chaptered law, making it officially part of the Virginia Code. The substantive policy content of the law remains unchanged; the diff primarily reflects formatting differences between the enrolled version and the chaptered version, including line breaks, spacing, and page numbering. No new provisions, eligibility changes, funding amounts, or deadlines were added or removed.
Scope change
No change in scope or applicability; this is a formatting transition from enrolled bill to chaptered law.
TECHNICAL

The bill text was reformatted for publication as a chaptered law, with changes to line breaks, spacing, and page numbering, but no substantive policy changes.

Floor votes · Senate Jan 31, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 18, 2025

How they voted

39–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Jan 31, 2025
D Democratic21
21 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
18 Yea 1
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
28
Key actions
9
Committee
5
Mar 19, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 157 (Effective 03/19/25)
executive
Feb 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1461ER)
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed House (97-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Health and Human Services (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 31, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 30, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 28, 2025
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Health
upper
Jan 17, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Jan 17, 2025
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed with emergency clause 25105087D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Emily Jordan
Emily Jordan
RRepublican
VA
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