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Health And Human Resources Subcommittee

Wednesday, February 11, 2026·34m·▶ Watch / Listen

The Health and Human Resources Subcommittee worked through 19 bills spanning nursing home transparency, foster care protections, maternal health, food security, and Medicaid reform — advancing seven bills and tabling ten others, largely on fiscal grounds, while continuing one bill to 2027.

Key Actions

·HB 116 – VDH Nursing Home Information PortalFailed

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Controversies

HB 348 – Drinking water PFAS filtration regulations

HB 348 was the only bill to receive a split vote — 5 to 2 — on a motion to table. Two unidentified members voted against tabling the bill. The nature of their disagreement was not recorded in the transcript.

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Notable Quotes

“The Commonwealth of Virginia, we are currently taking three, over $3 million from children that belongs to them and was children in foster care. The state actually applies for benefits on behalf of children and then uses that for their own care and then sends them off after the age of 18 out into the world without funding for housing for schools or anything like this.”

Jackie H. Glass — Delegate Glass was presenting HB 578, which would require local departments of social services to apply foster children's federal benefits — including Social Security and VA benefits — to a trust for the children's individual use rather than applying them to the cost of the child's care.

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Votes

Gently place HB 116 on the tablePassed
Gently lay HB 610 on the tablePassed
Report with substitute HB 1398Passed
Report with substitute HB 1403Passed
Gently place HB 1297 on the tablePassed
Gently place HB 578 on the tablePassed
Gently lay HB 76 on the tablePassed
Report HB 425Passed
Gently lay HB 435 on the tablePassed
Report HB 328Passed
Gently place HB 348 on the tablePassed
Report HB 358Passed
Report HB 838Passed
Gently lay HB 1240 on the tablePassed
Gently lay HB 1380 on the tablePassed
Report with substitute HB 1391Passed
Report HB 1418Passed
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TranscriptPreview
Was this round three for House Appropriations? This is the Health and Human Resources subcommittee and we will take the roll. Okay. And we've got a corn. We're going to go right into our bill list here. And we have delegate Navarre with 1116 on page eight. We'll go right to that. Come on up. Okay. I should have. First of all, thank you, Mr. Chair and members of the subcommittee. I should have an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Move the subject some more. Move the substitute. We have motion to move the substitute has been properly seconded. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? No. That's before us. Okay. I now ask that you adopt a line amendment to strike line 19 in its entirety. Move the line amendment. Second, we have a motion that's been properly seconded to move the line amendment. All in favor say aye. Okay. Okay. So speaking to the bill as substituted an amendment for context. Last fall, former governor Youngkin issued an executive order aimed to ensure nursing homes meet the highest standards for safety, quality and transparency. One of the directives was by mid November, VDH had to…
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