republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-800.md

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Bill	Direct primary care agreements; the Commonwealth's insurance laws do not apply.	Provides that direct agreement between a patient, the patient's legal representative, or the patient's employer and a health care provider for ongoing primary care services in exchange for the payment of a monthly periodic fee is not health insurance or a health maintenance organization, if patients are not required to pay monthly periodic fees prior to initiation of the direct agreement coverage period. The measure also provides that a health care provider who participates in a direct primary care practice may participate in a health insurance carrier network so long as the provider is willing and able to meet the terms and conditions of network membership set by the health insurance carrier. The measure establishes requirements for disclosures regarding direct primary care agreements, including a list of the services covered under the agreement. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 800	Virginia SB 800 (2017)	bill	Insurance	enacted	William M. Stanley, Jr.	7	42	18	2016-10-07	2017-04-26	openstates	ocd-bill/55e0bdb3-db56-4bcd-9ab3-99bf58d744ba	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB800	4552726454dd30810f3c3bd6f29f41b1b559e047fb9349431dc846ff75fceb01	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 800 (2017) — Direct primary care agreements; the Commonwealth's insurance laws do not apply.

Provides that direct agreement between a patient, the patient's legal representative, or the patient's employer and a health care provider for ongoing primary care services in exchange for the payment of a monthly periodic fee is not health insurance or a health maintenance organization, if patients are not required to pay monthly periodic fees prior to initiation of the direct agreement coverage period. The measure also provides that a health care provider who participates in a direct primary care practice may participate in a health insurance carrier network so long as the provider is willing and able to meet the terms and conditions of network membership set by the health insurance carrier. The measure establishes requirements for disclosures regarding direct primary care agreements, including a list of the services covered under the agreement. This bill is identical to

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0831) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Committee substitute printed 17105478D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB800ER) (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104978D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate: Floor substitute printed 17105235D-S2 (Barker) (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100678D (committee substitute) — source
7. Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB800ER2) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reconsideration of Governor's recommendations #1, #2, #3 agreed to — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Conference report agreed to by Senate — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — 20–2 (pass) · legislature
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendations #1, #2, #3 — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Conference report agreed to by House — 61–28 (pass) · legislature
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendations #1, #2, #3 — 38–0 (pass) · legislature
• Conference report agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Senate acceded to request — 38–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reconsideration of conference report agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House with substitute — 65–31 (pass) · legislature
• Committee substitute reconsidered — 38–2 (pass) · legislature
• House concurred in Governor's recommendation to Amendmends #1, 2 and 3 — 98–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed Senate — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• House substitute rejected by Senate — 1–38 (fail) · legislature
• Senate rejected Governor's recommendation #4 — 16–23 (fail) · legislature

Sponsors

• William M. Stanley, Jr. — primary (person)
• Amanda F. Chase — cosponsor (person)
• David R. Suetterlein — cosponsor (person)
• Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• R. Steven Landes — cosponsor (person)
• Siobhan S. Dunnavant — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2016-10-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100678D introduction
• 2016-10-07 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2017-02-02 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-02 Reading of substitute waived
• 2017-02-02 Committee substitute agreed to 17104978D-S1
• 2017-02-02 Passed by for the day
• 2017-02-03 Passed by for the day
• 2017-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-06 Committee substitute rejected 17104978D-S1
• 2017-02-06 Reading of substitute waived
• 2017-02-06 Floor substitute printed 17105235D-S2 (Barker)
• 2017-02-06 Substitute by Senator Barker agreed to 17105235D-S2
• 2017-02-06 Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB800S2
• 2017-02-06 Passed by for the day
• 2017-02-09 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-09 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2017-02-20 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-21 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-21 Committee substitute agreed to 17105478D-H1
• 2017-02-21 Engrossed by House as amended SB800H1
• 2017-02-21 Passed House with substitute (65-Y 31-N) passage
• 2017-02-23 House insisted on substitute
• 2017-02-23 House requested conference committee
• 2017-02-23 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2017-02-23 Conferees appointed by House
• 2017-02-24 Conference report agreed to by House (61-Y 28-N)
• 2017-03-07 Enrolled
• 2017-03-07 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-03-10 Signed by President
• 2017-03-13 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
• 2017-03-13 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-24 Governor's recommendation received by Senate
• 2017-04-05 House concurred in Governor's recommendation to Amendmends #1, 2 and 3 (98-Y 0-N)
• 2017-04-05 Governor's recommendation adopted in-part
• 2017-04-05 Reenrolled
• 2017-04-05 Reenrolled bill text (SB800ER2)
• 2017-04-05 Signed by President as reenrolled
• 2017-04-05 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
• 2017-04-05 Communicated to Governor
• 2017-04-05 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, May 5, 2017
• 2017-04-26 Approved by Governor-Chapter 831 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/55e0bdb3-db56-4bcd-9ab3-99bf58d744ba. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).