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State Government / Virginia / Legislation / HB 855

HB 855Session 2027HousePassed a vote

Medicaid; estate recoveries.

Department of Medical Assistance Services; Medicaid estate recoveries. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services (the Department) to limit the operation of its estate recovery program to the recovery of only federally required costs. The bill directs the Department to make information on estate recovery available on its website in multiple languages. The bill directs the Department to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill.

Latest development · Jul 21, 2026

Continued from last session

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Session
2027
Introduced
Jan 13, 2026
Latest passage
Feb 9, 2026
TopicsSponsorsActionsDiscussion

Topics and classification

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Health

Document type

Bill

Sponsors

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Primary sponsorRae Cousins
cosponsorBriana D. Sewell
cosponsorCharlie Schmidt
cosponsor

Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker

cosponsorIrene Shin
cosponsorJackie H. Glass
cosponsorKathy K.L. Tran
cosponsorMarcia S. "Cia" Price
cosponsorMichelle Lopes Maldonado
cosponsorNicole Cole
cosponsorVirgil Thornton

Action timeline

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View full action timeline16 actions⌄
  1. Jul 21, 2026

    Continued from last session

    Senate
  2. Mar 4, 2026

    Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)

    Senate
  3. Mar 3, 2026

    Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB855)

    House
  4. Feb 26, 2026

    Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)

    Committee PassageReferral CommitteeSenate
  5. Feb 24, 2026

    Assigned Education sub: Health

    Referral CommitteeSenate
  6. Feb 10, 2026

    Referred to Committee on Education and Health

    Referral CommitteeSenate
  7. Feb 10, 2026

    Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)

    Senate
  8. Feb 9, 2026

    Read third time and passed House (87-Y 11-N 0-A)

    PassageReading 3House
  9. Feb 6, 2026

    Read second time and engrossed

    Reading 2House
  10. Feb 5, 2026

    Read first time

    Reading 1House
  11. Feb 3, 2026

    Reported from Health and Human Services (18-Y 4-N)

    Committee PassageHouse
  12. Jan 29, 2026

    Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (7-Y 1-N)

    House
  13. Jan 23, 2026

    Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB855)

    House
  14. Jan 23, 2026

    Assigned sub: Social Services

    Referral CommitteeHouse
  15. Jan 13, 2026

    Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services

    Referral CommitteeHouse
  16. Jan 13, 2026

    Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105065D

    FilingIntroductionHouse

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Source data last updated Jul 21, 2026.