Healthcare

passed · Virginia · House of Delegates Mar 3, 2026

HB 560: Administrative Process Act; appeals of case decisions regarding benefits sought, limitations.

Administrative Process Act; exemptions; limitations; appeals of case decisions regarding benefits sought. Specifies that the Administrative Process Act applies to case decisions regarding the grant or denial, including determinations of eligibility and approved levels of service, of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, general relief, auxiliary grants, or state-local hospitalization. The bill also removes provisions limiting review of case decisions to ascertaining whether there was evidence in the agency record to support the case decision of the agency.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareBill establishes administrative appeals process for Medicaid benefit decisions, ensuring access to healthcare coverage through proper review of denials.85% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Healthcare

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passed · Virginia · House of Delegates Feb 25, 2026

HB 57: Vehicles designed and used for transportation of passengers; fees, funds returned to a locality.

Fees for vehicles designed and used for transportation of passengers; funds returned to a locality; permitted uses. Expands the permitted use of funds returned to a locality from certain vehicle fees to include the purchase or maintenance of necessary equipment, supplies, facilities, and vehicles permitted by the Office of Emergency Medical Services and other operating expenses deemed necessary by the locality to ensure the provision of emergency medical services in such locality by nonprofit emergency medical services agencies. Under current law, such funds may be used for the purchase of necessary equipment and supplies for use in the locality for emergency medical services provided by nonprofit emergency medical services agencies.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareBill allocates funds for EMS equipment/facilities, directly supporting emergency medical services funding under healthcare topic.90% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Healthcare

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in committee · Virginia · House of Delegates Feb 18, 2026

HB 130: Workers' compensation; presumption of certain cancers, sheriffs and deputy sheriffs.

Workers' compensation; presumption for certain cancers; sheriffs and deputy sheriffs. Expands the workers' compensation presumption of compensability for certain cancers causing the death or disability of certain employees who have completed five years of service in their position to include sheriffs or deputy sheriffs.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareExpands workers' compensation presumption for work-related cancer, ensuring coverage for sheriffs/deputies without proving causation, strengthening healthcare access for affected workers.85% confidence ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentExpands workers' compensation presumption for sheriffs/deputies with certain cancers, strengthening benefits for covered workers.95% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Healthcare

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in committee · Virginia · House of Delegates Feb 18, 2026

HB 227: Line of Duty Act; transitional coverage.

Line of Duty Act; transitional coverage. Requires the Department of Human Resource Management to acquire and provide temporary transitional health insurance coverage to disabled persons, eligible spouses, and eligible dependents during the period of transition into the LODA (Line of Duty Act) Health Benefits Plans. Current law authorizes but does not require the Department to acquire and provide such temporary transitional health insurance coverage to disabled persons, eligible spouses, and eligible dependents during such period.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareMandates temporary health insurance coverage during transition into LODA plans, expanding access for disabled persons and dependents per bill summary.92% confidence ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentMandates transitional health coverage for LODA beneficiaries, expanding access to health benefits during plan transition for disabled workers and families.90% confidence ✓ VeteransSupports VeteransMandates temporary health coverage during transition into LODA benefits for disabled veterans, spouses, and dependents, ensuring continuity of care.95% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Healthcare

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in committee · Virginia · House of Delegates Feb 18, 2026

HB 659: State retiree health benefits program; reenrollment in program.

State retiree health benefits program; reenrollment in program. Allows a state retiree who elects to participate in the state retiree health plan but later discontinues participation one opportunity to return to participation in the plan, provided that such return to participation occurs within five years after the date of such employee's retirement. Under current law, a state retiree who elects to participate in the state retiree health plan but later discontinues participation is barred from participating in the plan.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareAllows state retirees to re-enroll in health plan after discontinuation, expanding access to existing retiree health benefits.95% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Healthcare

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in committee · Virginia · House of Delegates Feb 18, 2026

HB 1296: Health insurance; credits for general registrars and employees of general registrars.

Health insurance credits for general registrars and employees of general registrars. Increases the amount of monthly health insurance credits received by retired general registrars and employees of general registrars with a minimum of 15 years of creditable service from $1.50 to $1.75 per month per year of creditable service not to exceed $52.50 per month beginning July 1, 2026.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareIncreases health insurance credits for specific government employees, enhancing their coverage benefits per bill language.90% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Healthcare

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in committee · Virginia · House of Delegates Feb 18, 2026

HB 348: Residential Well Water Testing and Treatment Program and Fund; established.

Residential Well Water Testing and Treatment Program and Fund. Directs the State Board of Health to adopt regulations to utilize point-of-use or point-of-entry drinking water treatment or filtration systems to remove or significantly reduce concentrations of perfluorooctanoic acid, perfluorooctane sulfonate, and other established and emerging contaminants of concern that meet or exceed maximum contaminant levels or health advisory levels for the same contaminant adopted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or, in the in the absence of an EPA health advisory for such contaminant, a contaminant level determined by the Department of Health's Office of Drinking Water. The bill also establishes the Residential Well Water Testing and Treatment Program and Program Fund to allow the Department to test and treat contaminated drinking water through grants for the use of eligible treatment or filtration systems in private residential wells. This bill is a recommendation of the State Water Commission.

Topics ✓ EnvironmentSupports EnvironmentBill establishes program to remove PFAS contaminants from well water, directly addressing pollution control and water protection per EPA standards.95% confidence ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareEstablishes program to address water contaminants meeting health advisory levels, directly protecting public health through state regulation of drinking water safety.90% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Healthcare

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signed · Virginia · Senate Feb 17, 2026

SB 449: Constitutional amendment; fundamental right to reproductive freedom(submitting to qualified voters).

Constitutional amendment (voter referendum); fundamental right to reproductive freedom. Provides for a referendum at the November 3, 2026, election to approve or reject an amendment to the Constitution of Virginia relating to the right to make one's own decisions related to reproductive health care, including access to abortion. The amendment protects patients and their doctors and nurses from being punished for making such decisions. The amendment allows the state to place restrictions on access to abortion during the third trimester of pregnancy except when the patient's life or physical or mental health is at risk or the pregnancy cannot survive. This bill is identical to HB 781.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareProtects patient rights and access to reproductive health care, directly advancing healthcare access and rights under the topic description.90% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Healthcare

in committee · Virginia · House of Delegates Feb 13, 2026

HB 1245: Virginia Health Care Fund; additional funding and uses.

Virginia Health Care Fund; additional funding and uses; emergency. Expands allowable funding sources of the Virginia Health Care Fund to include appropriated state general fund moneys and moneys from public and private sources. The bill allows moneys from the Fund to be used for financial assistance to organizations and service providers that provide health care services, or expand the provision of health care services, to populations protected by the Virginia Human Rights Act. The bill contains an emergency clause.

Topics ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesExpands state general fund appropriations for health care services, directing existing budget resources to fund essential health care programs under the Virginia Human Rights Act.95% confidence ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareExpands funding sources and allows fund use for health care services to protected populations, increasing access and support.95% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Healthcare

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signed · Virginia · House of Delegates Feb 11, 2026

HB 781: Constitutional amendment; fundamental right to reproductive freedom(submitting to qualified voters).

Constitutional amendment (voter referendum); fundamental right to reproductive freedom. Provides for a referendum at the November 3, 2026, election to approve or reject an amendment to the Constitution of Virginia relating to the right to make one's own decisions related to reproductive health care, including access to abortion. The amendment protects patients and their doctors and nurses from being punished for making such decisions. The amendment allows the state to place restrictions on access to abortion during the third trimester of pregnancy except when the patient's life or physical or mental health is at risk or the pregnancy cannot survive. This bill is identical to SB 449.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareProtects abortion access as reproductive healthcare, explicitly shielding patients/providers from punishment, aligning with patient rights and service protection in healthcare.95% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Healthcare