OFFERED FOR CONSIDERATION 2/11/2026
HOUSE BILL NO. 548
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the House Committee for Courts of Justice
on ________________)
(Patron Prior to Substitute—Delegate Hope)
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 8.01-413.01 , 8.01-622.1 , 18.2-369 , 32.1-127 , 32.1-127.1:03 , 32.1-138.1 , 32.1-162.16 , 32.1-162.18 , 32.1-291.21 , 32.1-309.1 , 32.1-325 , 37.2-804.2 , as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, 37.2-805.1 , 37.2-817.01 , 37.2-817.1 , 37.2-837 , 37.2-838 , 37.2-1101 , 37.2-1108 , 53.1-133.04 , 54.1-2807.02 , 54.1-2818.1 , 54.1-2818.5 , 54.1-2970.1 , 54.1-2987.1 , 54.1-2988.1 , 54.1-2993.1 , 54.1-2995 , 63.2-501 , 63.2-1605 , 64.2-2000 , 64.2-2002 , 64.2-2003 , 64.2-2009 , and 64.2-2019 of the Code of Virginia; to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 29 of Title 54.1 an article numbered 8.1, consisting of sections numbered 54.1-2993.2 through 54.1-2993.31 ; and to repeal §§ 54.1-2981 , 54.1-2982 , 54.1-2983 , 54.1-2983.2 through 54.1-2987 , 54.1-2988 , and 54.1-2989 through 54.1-2993 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Uniform Health Care Decisions Act; civil penalty.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 8.01-413.01 , 8.01-622.1 , 18.2-369 , 32.1-127 , 32.1-127.1:03 , 32.1-138.1 , 32.1-162.16 , 32.1-162.18 , 32.1-291.21 , 32.1-309.1 , 32.1-325 , 37.2-804.2 , as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, 37.2-805.1 , 37.2-817.01 , 37.2-817.1 , 37.2-837 , 37.2-838 , 37.2-1101 , 37.2-1108 , 53.1-133.04 , 54.1-2807.02 , 54.1-2818.1 , 54.1-2818.5 , 54.1-2970.1 , 54.1-2987.1 , 54.1-2988.1 , 54.1-2993.1 , 54.1-2995 , 63.2-501 , 63.2-1605 , 64.2-2000 , 64.2-2002 , 64.2-2003 , 64.2-2009 , and 64.2-2019 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted and that the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Chapter 29 of Title 54.1 an article numbered 8.1, consisting of sections numbered 54.1-2993.2 through 54.1-2993.31 as follows:
§ 8.01-413.01 . Authenticity and reasonableness of medical bills; presumption.