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type: "Bill"
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title: "Direct primary care agreements; the Commonwealth's insurance laws do not apply."
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description: "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"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "SB 800"
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citation: "Virginia SB 800 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Insurance"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["William M. Stanley, Jr."]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 42
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vote_count: 18
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first_action: "2016-10-07"
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last_action: "2017-04-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55e0bdb3-db56-4bcd-9ab3-99bf58d744ba"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB800"
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source_hash: "4552726454dd30810f3c3bd6f29f41b1b559e047fb9349431dc846ff75fceb01"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 800 (2017) — Direct primary care agreements; the Commonwealth's insurance laws do not apply.
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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
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0831)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0831)
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2. **House: Committee substitute printed 17105478D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB800H1)
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3. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB800ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB800ER)
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4. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104978D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB800S1)
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5. **Senate: Floor substitute printed 17105235D-S2 (Barker)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB800S2)
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6. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100678D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB800)
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7. **Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB800ER2)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB800ER2)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reconsideration of Governor's recommendations #1, #2, #3 agreed to — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Conference report agreed to by Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — **20–2** (pass) · legislature
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- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendations #1, #2, #3 — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Conference report agreed to by House — **61–28** (pass) · legislature
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- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendations #1, #2, #3 — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Conference report agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Senate acceded to request — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reconsideration of conference report agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed House with substitute — **65–31** (pass) · legislature
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- Committee substitute reconsidered — **38–2** (pass) · legislature
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- House concurred in Governor's recommendation to Amendmends #1, 2 and 3 — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- House substitute rejected by Senate — **1–38** (fail) · legislature
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- Senate rejected Governor's recommendation #4 — **16–23** (fail) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- William M. Stanley, Jr. — primary (person)
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- Amanda F. Chase — cosponsor (person)
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- David R. Suetterlein — cosponsor (person)
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- Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Steven Landes — cosponsor (person)
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- Siobhan S. Dunnavant — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-10-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100678D `introduction`
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- **2016-10-07** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-02** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2017-02-02** Committee substitute agreed to 17104978D-S1
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- **2017-02-02** Passed by for the day
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- **2017-02-03** Passed by for the day
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- **2017-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-06** Committee substitute rejected 17104978D-S1
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- **2017-02-06** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2017-02-06** Floor substitute printed 17105235D-S2 (Barker)
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- **2017-02-06** Substitute by Senator Barker agreed to 17105235D-S2
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- **2017-02-06** Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB800S2
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- **2017-02-06** Passed by for the day
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- **2017-02-09** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-09** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-21** Committee substitute agreed to 17105478D-H1
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- **2017-02-21** Engrossed by House as amended SB800H1
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- **2017-02-21** Passed House with substitute (65-Y 31-N) `passage`
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- **2017-02-23** House insisted on substitute
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- **2017-02-23** House requested conference committee
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- **2017-02-23** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2017-02-23** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2017-02-24** Conference report agreed to by House (61-Y 28-N)
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- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
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- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
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- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
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- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-24** Governor's recommendation received by Senate
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- **2017-04-05** House concurred in Governor's recommendation to Amendmends #1, 2 and 3 (98-Y 0-N)
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- **2017-04-05** Governor's recommendation adopted in-part
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- **2017-04-05** Reenrolled
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- **2017-04-05** Reenrolled bill text (SB800ER2)
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- **2017-04-05** Signed by President as reenrolled
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- **2017-04-05** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
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- **2017-04-05** Communicated to Governor
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- **2017-04-05** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, May 5, 2017
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- **2017-04-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 831 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55e0bdb3-db56-4bcd-9ab3-99bf58d744ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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