HB1115 • 2026

Nonemergency medical transportation providers; fee disclosure.

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 32.1-137.05:1, relating to nonemergency medical transportation providers; fee disclosure.

Healthcare

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Nivar
Last action: 2026-04-13
Official status: Acts of Assembly Chapter
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The effective date for most provisions is January 1, 2027, which was mentioned in the candidate explanation and is supported by the official text.

Nonemergency Medical Transportation Fee Disclosure

This law requires nonemergency medical transportation providers to provide patients with a standardized fee disclosure form before offering transport services.

What This Bill Does

Requires nonemergency medical transportation providers or the medical care facilities prearranging transport through such providers to give patients or their representatives a standardized fee disclosure form of all associated fees or charges prior to providing transport services.
Directs the Department of Health to develop and publish a standardized fee disclosure form on its website by October 1, 2026.

Who It Names or Affects

Nonemergency medical transportation providers
Patients receiving nonemergency medical transportation services
Medical care facilities that arrange for such transportation

Terms To Know

nonemergency medical transportation provider: A person who exclusively transports passengers for compensation to, from, or between medical care facilities or providers.

Limits and Unknowns

The law does not specify the consequences if providers do not comply with the requirements.
It is unclear how strictly 'reasonably expected' methods of providing the form will be interpreted by regulators and courts.

Bill History

2026-04-13 Governor
Approved by Governor-Chapter 736 (Effective 1/1/2027)
2026-04-13 Governor
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0736)
2026-03-10 House
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
2026-03-10 Governor
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
2026-03-09 House
Signed by Speaker
2026-03-09 Senate
Signed by President
2026-03-09 House
Enrolled
2026-03-09 House
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1115ER)
2026-03-09 House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1115)
2026-03-02 Senate
Read third time
2026-03-02 Senate
Passed Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
2026-02-27 Senate
Rules suspended
2026-02-27 Senate
Passed by for the day
2026-02-27 Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
2026-02-27 Senate
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
2026-02-26 Education and Health
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
2026-02-24 Health
Assigned Education sub: Health
2026-02-18 Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
2026-02-18 Education and Health
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2026-02-17 House
Read third time and passed House Block Vote (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
2026-02-16 House
Read second time
2026-02-16 House
committee substitute agreed to
2026-02-16 House
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
2026-02-15 House
Read first time
2026-02-13 Health and Human Services
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1115)
2026-02-12 Health and Human Services
Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
2026-02-12 Health and Human Services
Committee substitute printed 26107466D-H1
2026-02-10 Health
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
2026-02-10 Health
House subcommittee offered
2026-02-03 House
House committee offered
2026-01-27 House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1115)
2026-01-14 House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103631D
2026-01-14 Health and Human Services
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services

Official Summary Text

Nonemergency medical transportation providers; fee disclosure.
Requires a nonemergency medical transportation provider or the medical care facility prearranging transport through such a provider, prior to providing such transportation services to a patient, to provide the patient or the patient's representative with a standardized disclosure form of all associated fees or other charges for which the patient will be responsible for such transportation services. The bill also requires that nonemergency medical transportation providers provide the medical care facility with the required form. Such provisions have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027. Finally, effective July 1, 2026, the bill directs the Department of Health to develop and publish a standardized disclosure form on its website by October 1, 2026.

Current Bill Text

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An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered
32.1-137.05:1
, relating to nonemergency medical transportation providers; fee disclosure.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered
32.1-137.05:1
as follows:
§
32.1-137.05:1
. Nonemergency medical transportation providers; fee disclosure.
A. As used in this section, "nonemergency medical transportation provider" means any person who exclusively transports passengers for compensation to, from, or between medical care facilities or providers, unless such service is provided through Medicare or the state plan for medical assistance.
B. The nonemergency medical transportation provider or the medical care facility prearranging transport through a nonemergency medical transportation provider

shall provide disclosure of all associated fees or other charges for which the patient will be responsible to the patient or the patient's representative prior to the prearrangement of nonemergency medical transportation on a standardized form established by the Department. Such form shall include a statement indicating that the total cost for transportation services on the disclosure reflects the cost without insurance or discounted rates. The nonemergency medical transportation provider or medical care facility may provide such form through a method reasonably expected to provide advance notice to patients, including a brochure, rate sheet, invoice, or website.
C. Any nonemergency medical transportation provider who contracts or otherwise prearranges with a medical care facility to provide nonemergency medical transportation shall provide such medical care facility with a form that satisfies the requirements of subsection B prior to the prearrangement of any nonemergency medical transportation. No medical care facility shall be required to produce a form that satisfies the requirements of subsection B on behalf of a nonemergency medical transportation provider.
2. That the provisions of the first enactment of this act shall become effective on January 1, 2027.
3. That the Department of Health shall develop and publish on its website a standardized form for disclosure of fees by nonemergency medical transportation providers that satisfies the requirements of §
32.1-137.05:1
of the Code of Virginia, as created by this act, by October 1, 2026.