Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill
HB 1720: State plan for medical assistance services; violence prevention services benefit; work group.
In committee Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
Last official action: ·Record last updated:
Plain-language summary
HB 1720 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 4, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: State plan for medical assistance services; violence prevention services benefit; work group. Primary sponsor: Cia Price (Democratic). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (February 4, 2025): Left in Appropriations.
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Official summary
Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.
State plan for medical assistance services; violence prevention services benefit; work group. Directs the Board of Medical Assistance Services to amend the state plan for medical assistance services to include a provision for payment of medical assistance for violence prevention services, defined in the bill, provided by a qualified violence prevention professional to an individual who receives medical treatment for an injury sustained as a result of community violence, defined in the bill, and who is determined by a health care provider to be at risk of repeat injury or retaliation. The bill directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to convene a work group to advise the Board on the design and implementation of the violence prevention services benefit and to post on its website the date upon which violence prevention services may be provided and billed pursuant to the provisions of the bill.
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cia Price | Primary sponsor | Democratic | House | 85 |
| Destiny LeVere Bolling | Co-sponsor | Democratic | House | 80 |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Left in Appropriations
- Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N)
- Assigned Approps sub: Health & Human Resources
- Reported from Health and Human Services and referred to Appropriations (13-Y 9-N)
- Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1720)
- Subcommittee recommends reporting and referred to Appropriations (5-Y 3-N)
- Assigned sub: Social Services
- Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
- Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101992D