VA HB 829
Status unknownHospital price transparency; price comparison tool, penalties for noncompliance.
Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · lower
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Did VA HB 829 pass?
The current status of VA HB 829 is not known from the official record. Latest recorded action (2026-02-18): Left in Committee Health and Human Services
What is VA HB 829 about?
Hospital price transparency; price comparison tool; penalties for noncompliance. Directs the Department of Health to establish a hospital price transparency comparison tool based on the information hospitals provide under existing law and the information available through the Virginia All-Payer Claims Database. The bill specifies that the list of standard charges provided by the hospital controls in the event of a dispute between a hospital and a patient over a patient payment amount and requires hospitals to discharge debt and not require payment for any elective procedure, test, or service for which the patient payment amount is disputed and there is not a standard charge made available to the public on the hospital's website on the date such elective procedure, test, or service is performed.
Who sponsors VA HB 829?
Dan I. Helmer is the primary sponsor of VA HB 829, joined by 1 cosponsor.
Description
Hospital price transparency; price comparison tool; penalties for noncompliance. Directs the Department of Health to establish a hospital price transparency comparison tool based on the information hospitals provide under existing law and the information available through the Virginia All-Payer Claims Database. The bill specifies that the list of standard charges provided by the hospital controls in the event of a dispute between a hospital and a patient over a patient payment amount and requires hospitals to discharge debt and not require payment for any elective procedure, test, or service for which the patient payment amount is disputed and there is not a standard charge made available to the public on the hospital's website on the date such elective procedure, test, or service is performed.
- Introduced
- 2026-01-13
- Latest action
- 2026-02-18 — Left in Committee Health and Human Services
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Dan I. Helmerprimary
- Shelly A. Simondscosponsor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-02-18
Left in Committee Health and Human Services
2026-02-02
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB829)
2026-01-23
Assigned sub: Health
referral-committee
2026-01-13
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
referral-committee
2026-01-13
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104893D
filing,introduction
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