republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-2798.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "All-Payer Claims Database; penalty."
description: "Requires the Commissioner of Health, in cooperation with the Bureau of Insurance, to collect health claims data from certain insurers, corporations, managed care organizations, third-party administrators, and any self-funded employee welfare benefit plans (ERISA plans) whose employer has opted-in to the All-Payer Claims Database, the Department of Medical Assistance Services, state government health insurance plans, local government health insurance plans, and federal health insurance plans. The bill provides that employers that maintain an ERISA plan may opt-in to participate in the All-Payer Claims Database and provides a process for such agreement. The bill adds members to the advisory committee to the nonprofit organization that administers the All-Payer Claims Database. The bill requires the Commissioner of Health to establish a data release committee to review and approve requests for access to data and prohibits the release of data without the approval of such committee. The bill requires the nonprofit organization to ensure that data is timely submitted to the All-Payer Claims Database and authorizes the Board of Health to assess a civil penalty on entities not in compliance. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2798"
citation: "Virginia HB 2798 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health", "Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["T. Scott Garrett"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 31
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/929139c6-e4e0-469d-8f99-ecf392faeae5"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2798"
source_hash: "2269b4cc51a693f79d0fcbd1d6d7305a22674b091aa2eb39f4d5a3121ecd9daf"
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 2798 (2019) — All-Payer Claims Database; penalty.

Requires the Commissioner of Health, in cooperation with the Bureau of Insurance, to collect health claims data from certain insurers, corporations, managed care organizations, third-party administrators, and any self-funded employee welfare benefit plans (ERISA plans) whose employer has opted-in to the All-Payer Claims Database, the Department of Medical Assistance Services, state government health insurance plans, local government health insurance plans, and federal health insurance plans. The bill provides that employers that maintain an ERISA plan may opt-in to participate in the All-Payer Claims Database and provides a process for such agreement. The bill adds members to the advisory committee to the nonprofit organization that administers the All-Payer Claims Database. The bill requires the Commissioner of Health to establish a data release committee to review and approve requests for access to data and prohibits the release of data without the approval of such committee. The bill requires the nonprofit organization to ensure that data is timely submitted to the All-Payer Claims Database and authorizes the Board of Health to assess a civil penalty on entities not in compliance. 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 (CHAP0673)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0673)
2. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB2798)
3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2798ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2798ER)
4. **House: Committee substitute printed 19105677D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2798H1)
5. **House: Presented and ordered printed 19104575D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2798)
6. **Senate amendments engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB2798ASE)

## Votes

- Conference report agreed to by House — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules suspended — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendment rejected by House — **0–97** (fail) · lower
- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate insisted on amendment — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with amendment — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health with amendment — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- T. Scott Garrett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** Presented and ordered printed 19104575D `introduction`
- **2019-01-18** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-21** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-01** Committee substitute agreed to 19105677D-H1
- **2019-02-01** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2798H1
- **2019-02-04** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2019-02-04** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2019-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-05** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-11** Reading of amendment waived
- **2019-02-11** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2019-02-11** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2019-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-02-13** Senate amendment rejected by House (0-Y 97-N)
- **2019-02-13** Senate requested conference committee
- **2019-02-13** House acceded to request
- **2019-02-13** Conferees appointed by House
- **2019-02-13** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2019-02-22** Amended by conference committee
- **2019-02-22** Passed by temporarily
- **2019-02-22** Conference report agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
- **2019-03-07** Enrolled
- **2019-03-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-09** Signed by President
- **2019-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2019
- **2019-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 673 (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/929139c6-e4e0-469d-8f99-ecf392faeae5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).