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type: "Bill"
title: "Dental services; contracts between carriers and providers, PPO network arrangement, etc."
description: "Establishes limits on the ability of a health carrier or third-party administrator to sell or otherwise grant access, as provided in a dentist's or oral surgeon's provider contract, to a third-party carrier. The measure provides that such access may be granted only if it is expressly permitted by the provider contract and notice is given to the affected participating providers. The contracting entity or carrier is required to inform participating providers, upon request, which network plans have been granted access to the contract by the contracting entity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1682"
citation: "Virginia HB 1682 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance", "Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Lee Ware"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-12-06"
last_action: "2019-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f287729-7423-4058-aff2-36ece350ef25"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1682"
source_hash: "87c126cdf2405235f8f4b2ff811a0da94d2970018a06827117fb9d6ef5b06528"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 1682 (2019) — Dental services; contracts between carriers and providers, PPO network arrangement, etc.
Establishes limits on the ability of a health carrier or third-party administrator to sell or otherwise grant access, as provided in a dentist's or oral surgeon's provider contract, to a third-party carrier. The measure provides that such access may be granted only if it is expressly permitted by the provider contract and notice is given to the affected participating providers. The contracting entity or carrier is required to inform participating providers, upon request, which network plans have been granted access to the contract by the contracting entity.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0655)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0655)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1682ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1682ER)
3. **House: Committee substitute printed 19104720D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1682H1)
4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100316D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1682)
5. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106486D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1682S1)
## Votes
- Passed Senate with substitute — **400** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **970** (pass) · lower
- Senate substitute agreed to by House 19106486D-S1 — **980** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — **220** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — **140** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- R. Lee Ware — primary (person)
- Amanda F. Chase — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher K. Peace — cosponsor (person)
- Jason S. Miyares — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-12-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100316D `introduction`
- **2018-12-06** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-17** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-18** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-01-18** Committee substitute agreed to 19104720D-H1
- **2019-01-18** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1682H1
- **2019-01-21** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-22** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-01-22** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-14** Reading of substitute waived
- **2019-02-14** Committee substitute agreed to 19106486D-S1
- **2019-02-14** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1682S1
- **2019-02-18** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-02-18** Senate substitute agreed to by House 19106486D-S1 (98-Y 0-N)
- **2019-02-21** Enrolled
- **2019-02-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-21** Signed by President
- **2019-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 28, 2019
- **2019-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 655 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f287729-7423-4058-aff2-36ece350ef25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).