Legislative Update for Elder rights coalition
Friday March 7, 2025

Bill	Patron	Title	Synopsis	Status
HB 2160	Betsy B. Carr	Community Living And Family And Individual Supports Waiver; Program Rule Amendments.	Department of Medical Assistance Services; 1915(c) Home and Community Based Waivers; program rule amendments; direct support professionals. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to seek the necessary approvals to amend the program rules for the Community Living and Family and Individual Supports Waivers to provide for compensation of a direct support professional for a waiver recipient in an acute care hospital under certain circumstances.	S Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) (2/17)
HB 2394	Mark D. Sickles	Medicaid; Long-term Services And Supports, Presumptive Eligibility, Sunset.	Department of Medical Assistance Services; Medicaid; long-term services and supports; presumptive eligibility; sunset. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to provide presumptive eligibility for Medicaid, including long-term services and supports where appropriate, to individuals who meet certain criteria. The provision of presumptive eligibility is conditional on the Department obtaining all necessary approvals and federal financial participation. The bill will sunset on January 1, 2026 if such approval and federal financial participation is not obtained.	H Left in Appropriations (2/4)
HB 2576	Eric Phillips	Geriatric Prisoners; Conditional Release.	Conditional release of geriatric prisoners. Expands the list of offenses that prohibit a person from petitioning the Parole Board for conditional release as a geriatric prisoner.	H Left in Courts of Justice (2/4)
HJ 463	Rozia A. Henson, Jr.	Migration Of Individuals Age 60 & Older; Jlarc To Study Causation And Resulting Impact.	Study; JLARC; causation and resulting impact of the migration of individuals age 60 and older out of the Commonwealth; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to identify causes of the migration of individuals age 60 and older out of the Commonwealth of Virginia, determine the impact of the migration of such individuals to the Commonwealth, and provide recommendations to address such causes. The resolution directs JLARC to report its findings by the first day of the 2026 Regular Session of the General Assembly.	H Tabled in Rules (13-Y 0-N) (1/29)
SB 765	Barbara A. Favola	Incapacitated Persons; Finding Of Lack Of Capacity To Understand Act Of Voting.	Incapacitated persons; finding of lack of capacity to understand the act of voting. Provides that no person shall be deemed disqualified to vote due to lack of capacity for the purposes of Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution of Virginia unless the court makes a specific finding by clear and convincing evidence that such person lacks the capacity to understand the act of voting. The bill allows any person deemed disqualified to vote due to lack of capacity prior to July 1, 2025, to file a petition for a court to review such determination in accordance with the provisions of the bill. The bill also requires the report of a guardian ad litem in a guardianship or conservatorship to include whether the respondent lacks the capacity to understand the act of voting. As introduced, this bill is a recommendation of the Disability Commission.	H Left in Courts of Justice (2/18)
SB 816	Aaron R. Rouse	Real Property Tax; Exemption For Elderly And Disabled Individuals.	Real property tax; exemption for elderly and disabled individuals. Revises various provisions of the local real property tax exemption and deferral program for elderly and disabled individuals. The bill allows a locality to require that an individual (i) pay all delinquent taxes, penalties, and interest assessed by the locality and incurred prior to becoming eligible for an exemption or deferral; (ii) enter into an installment agreement with the locality for the payment of all such delinquent amounts in installments over a period that is reasonable under the circumstances, but that in no event shall exceed 72 months; (iii) submit and obtain the treasurer's agreement to an offer in compromise with respect to all amounts of delinquent taxes, penalties, and interest; or (iv) a combination thereof. Additionally, the bill provides that notice of the terms and conditions of the exemption and deferral program may be included in any notice of change in assessment and that the treasurer shall post such information on the locality's website. Finally, the bill allows a locality to provide a prorated exemption or deferral for the portion of the taxable year during which the taxpayer would have qualified for such exemption or deferral but had not yet filed an application. This bill is identical to HB 2029.	G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 (3/3)
SB 821	Christie New Craig	Nursing Facilities; Use Of Electronic Monitoring Devices In Resident Rooms.	Nursing facilities; electronic monitoring in resident rooms. Permits residents of nursing facilities to have electronic monitoring devices placed in their rooms. The bill defines \'electronic monitoring\' as the use of a surveillance device with a fixed position video camera or audio recording device, or combination thereof, that is installed in a resident's room and broadcasts or records activities or sounds occurring within the confines of the room. The bill contains several provisions establishing the requirements for the placement and utilization of any such electronic monitoring device in any resident's room, including requirements relating to ensuring residents or the resident's legal representative, consents to the placement and utilization of electronic monitoring devices in their rooms.	S House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (2/19)
SB 825	Barbara A. Favola	Vulnerable Adults; Seizure Of Property Used In Connection With/derived From Financial Exploitation.	Seizure of moneys or other assets of value used in connection with or derived from financial exploitation of vulnerable adults. Permits a law-enforcement officer, an attorney for the Commonwealth, the Office of the Attorney General, or other interested party to seek a seizure warrant from a judge or petition a court for the seizure of moneys or other assets of value where there is suspected probable cause to conclude that a vulnerable adult is being financially exploited. The bill allows a court, upon motion of the complainant and for good cause shown, to order the release of all moneys or other assets of value. Any remaining moneys or other assets of value may also be released to the owner by the court with the consent of the attorney for the Commonwealth.	H Left in Courts of Justice (2/18)
SB 842	Barbara A. Favola	Mobile Health Clinics; Dhcd To Include Broadband Access Services For Clinics.	Department of Housing and Community Development; broadband access services for mobile health clinics. Requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to, as part of its broader initiative to support the development and implementation of programs that support telehealth, include broadband access services for mobile health clinics as a priority for broadband nondeployment programs using federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program funding to the extent approved by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care.	G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 (3/3)
SB 843	Barbara A. Favola	Remote Patient Monitoring Patients With Chronic Conditions, Report.	Department of Medical Assistance Services; remote patient monitoring for patients with chronic conditions; report. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to develop a plan and estimate costs for expanding eligibility criteria under Medicaid for remote patient monitoring for individuals with chronic conditions and to report such plan and cost estimate to the Joint Commission on Health Care by October 1, 2025. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care.	G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 (3/5)
SB 1199	R. Creigh Deeds	Medicare Supplement Policies; Annual Open Enrollment Period, Individual Medicare Policies, Etc.	Medicare supplement policies; annual open enrollment period. Requires an insurer, health services plan, or health maintenance organization issuing individual Medicare supplement policies or certificates in the Commonwealth to offer to an individual currently insured under any such policy an annual open enrollment period commencing on the day of the individual's birthday and remaining open for at least 60 days thereafter, during which time the individual may purchase any Medicare supplement policy made available by any insurer in the Commonwealth that offers the same benefits as those provided by the current coverage. The bill also requires such insurer, health services plan, or health maintenance organization to notify, at least 15 days but not more than 30 days prior to the commencement of such annual open enrollment period, each individual to whom such open enrollment period applies of the dates of that open enrollment period, the rights of the individual during that open enrollment period, and any modification of benefits provided by or adjustment of premiums charged for such Medicare supplement policy. This bill is identical to HB 2100.	G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 (3/5)
SB 1302	Jeremy S. McPike	Limited-duration Licenses, Driver Privilege Cards And Permits, Etc.; Expiration.	Limited-duration licenses, driver privilege cards and permits, and identification privilege cards; expiration. Extends the validity of limited-duration licenses, driver privilege cards and permits, and identification privilege cards, other than REAL ID credentials, as defined in the bill, and commercial driver's licenses and permits, to a period of time consistent with the validity of (i) driver's licenses, which under current law is a period not to exceed eight years or for a person age 75 or older, a period not to exceed five years; (ii) permits, which under current law is the period of time until a driver's license is issued or the person is no longer eligible for such permit, a period of 12 months for motorcycle permits, or a period of the 60 days prior to the person's first behind-the-wheel exam for persons 25 years of age or older; and (iii) special identification cards, which under current law is a period between three and eight years, with exceptions, or for a person younger than the age of 15, until such person's sixteenth birthday, unless extended under certain circumstances for a period no longer than 90 days. The bill directs the Department of Motor Vehicles to implement the extended validity periods for such documents upon reissuance.	H Left in Transportation (2/18)