Health insurance; required provisions regarding prior authorization for prescription drugs.
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “An Act to amend and reenact § 38.2-3407.15:2, as it shall become effective, of the Code of Virginia, relating to health insurance; carrier contracts; required provisions regarding prior authorization for prescription drugs.” Read the full text
2026 session
What it does
Health insurance; carrier contracts; required provisions regarding prior authorization for prescription drugs. Amends existing required provisions for health carrier contracts related to prior authorizations for prescription drugs. Current law requires that if prior authorization is approved for prescription drugs and such prescription drugs have been scheduled, provided, or delivered to the patient consistent with the authorization, health carriers may not revoke, limit, condition, modify, or r
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Where it is
Introduced · Jan 13, 2026
Acts of Assembly Chapter 213 (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
2
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Michelle Lopes MaldonadoAmy J. Laufer
Recorded votes
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-05 · P · Y 39, X 1
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-04 · P · Y 39, X 1
Reported from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 0-N)Senate · 2026-03-02 · P · Y 13, X 2
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 Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-13 · P · Y 22
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-13 · P · Y 7
Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) and rereferred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-05 · P · Y 22
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and rereferred to Appropriations (9-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-03 · P · Y 9
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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