A Virginia House subcommittee rapidly considered more than a dozen health and social-services measures, reporting many to the full committee and gently tabling others for later review. Key items included Medicaid and DMAS measures, an expanded utility-funded assistance program, and rules for pharmacy benefit procurement.

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Language to renew health care insurance premium tax credits was not included in the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill that was passed by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump in early July. …

Senate Bill 486, which would require disclosure of inactive ingredient sources in Virginia (including gluten), drew testimony from a celiac patient and industry representatives; the panel carried the bill over to 2027 and requested a VDACS review of implementation and federal conflicts.

The Virginia House of Delegates on Feb. 24 passed a broad set of Senate cognates on health, housing, labor and consumer protections, including measures to require bias‑reduction training for certain health licensees and to expand eviction‑related protections; vote tallies were recorded on multiple measures.

Staff briefed the Senate Health and Human Resources subcommittee on the projected general‑fund effects of roughly 20 health‑related bills, flagging a centralized child‑protective‑services intake proposal with multi‑million‑dollar costs and noting several regulatory changes that will be reflected in the budget report to the full Senate on Sunday.

The Senate Health Professions Subcommittee voted to recommend multiple bills for report to the full committee, including technical cleanups, Board of Medicine appointment changes, alignment of EMS council references, and interstate licensure compacts.

The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Resources reported several bills with substitutes and gently laid others on the table, citing fiscal impacts. Notable items included a proposal to codify a VDH nursing‑home information portal, a Commonwealth food‑security coordination bill, and measures affecting foster‑care benefits and maternal monitoring.

The committee used block votes and individual motions to advance numerous health, behavioral‑health and social‑services bills — including sickle‑cell measures, maternal and infant mortality review teams, licensure reforms for foreign‑trained practitioners, AED requirements for nursing homes and several social services pilot programs — most reported with substitutes or referred to appropriations.

The House Appropriations Committee on Feb. 10 reported a broad set of bills from multiple subcommittees — including measures on IT modernization, opioid strategic planning, school safety and language access — with most measures reported favorably and several substitutes or amendments adopted.

The House Appropriations subcommittee on Health and Human Resources voted on a slate of previously heard bills Feb. 7, striking HB 1245, reporting substitutes on HB 794 and HB 1357, and gently tabling measures including HB 335 and HB 823 while staff moved several items to the board for further action.

The House Health and Human Services Committee reported a slate of bills including HB 267, HB 815, HB 41, HB 300 (substitute), a block of uncontested public-health measures, HB 435 on palliative-care regulations, and HB 13 47 on psilocybin regulation; some items were referred to appropriations or carried over.

Sponsors and witnesses described serious health harms from recreational nitrous oxide use, but staff and members raised concerns that the bill's sales prohibition is overly broad and could affect legitimate commercial sales; the chair suspended action to allow further review of carve-outs and statutory placement.

Delegate Reeser’s substituted HB 794 would designate the Virginia Department of Health as the Commonwealth’s lead agency on comprehensive opioid and drug response, require a statewide strategic plan and improve cross-agency coordination; the subcommittee unanimously recommended reporting the substitute and referring it to Appropriations.

The House Health, Human Services Committee reported a package of subcommittee-referred bills, including a pharmacy access pilot (HB335), adoptee birth-certificate access (HB301 substitute), and multiple public-health measures; most measures passed committee votes and some were referred to appropriations.

The House committee reported and advanced more than two dozen bills from subcommittees, including a 13–8 vote to refer a Prescription Drug Affordability Board proposal to appropriations and unanimous approvals for multiple energy and insurance measures.

Committee votes unanimously to re refer several health and social service bills

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Virginia prioritizes maternal and behavioral health, allocating $1.4 billion to transform mental health services.

Virginia expands naloxone training and resources to combat overdose crisis and improve foster care system.

As Virginians, and Americans nationwide, face premium spikes in the Affordable Care Act marketplace after Congress failed to renew subsidies, many are weighing the cost of coverage against paying rent or mortgages, making car payments or paying for public transit, and buying groceries.