VirginiaVirginia Medicaid agency would oversee services for people directing their care
Virginia's Medicaid agency would seek federal permission and create a plan to monitor services that help people direct their own care.
What it does
Virginia's Medicaid agency would seek federal permission and strengthen oversight of services that help people direct their own care. It would add these services to a statewide contractor's work and create a plan to monitor them.
Argument forRegular checks on service approvals, care plans and reassessments could help the agency catch problems in services for people who direct their care.
Argument againstMore monitoring of service approvals and care plans could add work for the agency and contractors, possibly slowing help for people who direct their care.
More detail
The Department of Medical Assistance Services would seek federal permission and strengthen oversight of Medicaid services facilitation. The oversight covers services facilitation for Medicaid consumer-directed services. The Department would submit state plan amendments, seek waivers and update provider guidance as needed to carry out the bill. The bill gives no start date or deadline.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Jul 21Continued from last sessionLatest
- Mar 4Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
- Feb 26Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Feb 17Referred to Committee on Education and HealthMinor
- Feb 17Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 16Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)Passed Senate
- Feb 16Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- Feb 16Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A)Passed House
- Feb 13Engrossed by House - committee substituteMajor
- Feb 13committee substitute agreed toMajor
- Feb 13Read second timeMinor
- Feb 12Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1495)
- Feb 12Read first timeMinor
- Feb 10Committee substitute printed 26107348D-H1Major
- Feb 10Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N)Minor
- Feb 5Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)Major
- Feb 5House subcommittee offered
- Feb 4Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1495)
- Jan 30Assigned sub: Social ServicesMinor
- Jan 23Referred to Committee on Health and Human ServicesMinor
- Jan 23Presented and ordered printed 26104529DIntroduced
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