Medicaid; expedited review process for service authorization requests, report.
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 32.1-325.1:2, relating to Department of Medical Assistance Services; expedited review process for Medicaid service authorization requests; report.” Read the full text
2026 session
What it does
Department of Medical Assistance Services; expedited review process for Medicaid service authorization requests; report. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to (i) implement expedited review of Medicaid service authorization requests consistent with applicable federal law and (ii) annually transmit the prior authorization report required by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to the Chairs of the House Committees on Appropriations and Health and Human Services and th
From the official legislative record, shown verbatim. Not legal advice.
Where it is
Introduced · Jan 22, 2026
Acts of Assembly Chapter 314 (latest official status)
Latest official status shown, exactly as the official record states it. The step by step history lives on the official page linked below.
The numbers
5
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Bonita G. AnthonyAmy J. LauferNicole ColeRozia A. Henson, Jr. Charlie Schmidt
Recorded votes
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-02 · P · Y 40
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-02-27 · P · Y 37, X 3
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)Senate · 2026-02-26 · P · Y 15
Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-02-17 · P · Y 97, X 3
Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (21-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-12 · P · Y 21, X 1
Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (17-Y 3-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-10 · P · Y 17, X 2, N 3
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-05 · P · Y 7, N 1
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Virginia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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