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HB 470 VA
Passed One Chamber

Medicaid waivers; consumer-directed services, employer of record.

VA · session 2027 · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced Jan 12, 2026

Latest action (Jul 21, 2026) Continued from last session

Summary

Virginia House Bill 470 would direct the Department of Medical Assistance Services to seek modifications to Medicaid waiver program rules. The bill would require the department to submit state plan amendments to request changes to the program rules for consumer-directed services available through Medicaid waivers.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill (from the OpenStates abstract — no full text available yet) — neutral, and may be imperfect.

Official abstract

A BILL to direct the Department of Medical Assistance Services to submit state plan amendments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to seek to modify the program rules for consumer-directed services available through certain Medicaid waivers.

Sponsor (1)
1 coauthor / cosponsor

Action history (18)
  1. Jan 12, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104032D · lower
  2. Jan 12, 2026 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services · lower
  3. Jan 15, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB470) · lower
  4. Jan 21, 2026 Assigned sub: Social Services · lower
  5. Jan 29, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N) · lower
  6. Feb 3, 2026 Reported from Health and Human Services and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 1-N) · lower
  7. Feb 3, 2026 Assigned HAPP sub: Health & Human Resources · lower
  8. Feb 6, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) · lower
  9. Feb 9, 2026 Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 0-N) · lower
  10. Feb 10, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB470) · lower
  11. Feb 11, 2026 Read first time · lower
  12. Feb 12, 2026 Read second time and engrossed · lower
  13. Feb 13, 2026 Read third time and passed House (93-Y 3-N 0-A) · lower
  14. Feb 16, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
  15. Feb 16, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education and Health · upper
  16. Feb 26, 2026 Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) · upper
  17. Mar 4, 2026 Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 3-N) · upper
  18. Jul 21, 2026 Continued from last session · upper

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