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Committee approves substitute for SB1393 directing DMAS to partner with pregnancy app and pay $580,000 annually

2258104 · February 11, 2025

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Summary

The Senate Health and Human Services Committee reported a substitute for SB1393 that moves responsibility from the Department of Health to the Department of Medical Assistance Services and sets an annual payment of $580,000 to the mobile pregnancy app developer. The substitute passed the committee 17-0.

The Virginia Senate Health and Human Services Committee reported a substitute for Senate Bill 1393 on a 17-0 vote that directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) to partner with a mobile pregnancy application and sets total annual payment to the app developer at $580,000.

The substitute replaces an earlier version that would have directed the Department of Health to partner with the mobile pregnancy app. Committee staff said the change was made at DMAS— request and that legislative offices had coordinated on the language. The committee opened and closed consideration of the substitute and then voted to report the bill.

Committee members moved and seconded the substitute and the committee—s roll call produced a unanimous 17-0 result. The substitute language specifies DMAS as the partnering agency and fixes the payment amount; other line-item changes in the substitute were not detailed in committee remarks.

The sponsor noted coordination with the author of the companion House measure; a House sponsor was identified in committee discussion as Delegate Bowling. Committee counsel and staff confirmed the change to DMAS was made at DMAS— request before the committee voted.

The substitute was reported out of committee and will move forward in the legislative process.

Details recorded in committee materials list the substitute's payment figure and the change of partnering agency; further fiscal or implementation details were not provided on the record in the committee transcript.