republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-822.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health insurance; credentialing, health care or professional health-related services."
description: "Health insurance; credentialing; health care providers.Requires health insurers and other carriers that credential certain healthprofessionals in their provider networks to establish reasonable protocols andprocedures for reimbursing such a professional who has submitted a completedcredentialing application to a carrier, within 15 days of being credentialed bythe carrier, for services provided to covered persons during the period inwhich the applicant's completed credentialing application is pending. The billmakes this requirement applicable to a person, corporation, facility, orinstitution licensed by the Commonwealth to provide health care or professionalservices as a physician or hospital, dentist, pharmacist, registered nurse orlicensed practical nurse or person who holds a multistate privilege to practicesuch nursing under the Nurse Licensure Compact, nurse practitioner,optometrist, podiatrist, physician assistant, chiropractor, physical therapist,physical therapy assistant, clinical psychologist, clinical social worker,professional counselor, licensed marriage and family therapist, licensed dentalhygienist, health maintenance organization, or emergency medical care attendantor technician who provides services on a fee basis. Such a requirement existsin current law for participating physicians and participating mental healthprofessionals but without a time limit for reimbursement. The bill applies the15-day limit to such participating physicians and participating mental healthprofessionals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 822"
citation: "Virginia HB 822 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christopher T. Head"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/351f3701-414e-415c-b807-8bc2e137a1d8"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB822"
source_hash: "7444eabf128ceb78b3da22149bdf6be5c112c6e0cd3610936003e40c71911b3c"
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 822 (2020) — Health insurance; credentialing, health care or professional health-related services.

Health insurance; credentialing; health care providers.Requires health insurers and other carriers that credential certain healthprofessionals in their provider networks to establish reasonable protocols andprocedures for reimbursing such a professional who has submitted a completedcredentialing application to a carrier, within 15 days of being credentialed bythe carrier, for services provided to covered persons during the period inwhich the applicant's completed credentialing application is pending. The billmakes this requirement applicable to a person, corporation, facility, orinstitution licensed by the Commonwealth to provide health care or professionalservices as a physician or hospital, dentist, pharmacist, registered nurse orlicensed practical nurse or person who holds a multistate privilege to practicesuch nursing under the Nurse Licensure Compact, nurse practitioner,optometrist, podiatrist, physician assistant, chiropractor, physical therapist,physical therapy assistant, clinical psychologist, clinical social worker,professional counselor, licensed marriage and family therapist, licensed dentalhygienist, health maintenance organization, or emergency medical care attendantor technician who provides services on a fee basis. Such a requirement existsin current law for participating physicians and participating mental healthprofessionals but without a time limit for reimbursement. The bill applies the15-day limit to such participating physicians and participating mental healthprofessionals.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0840)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0840)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB822ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB822ER)
3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB822E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB822E)
4. **Impact statement from SCC (HB822)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB822)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendments (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Christopher T. Head — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104398D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-16** Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-22** Impact statement from SCC (HB822)
- **2020-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-28** Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendments (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-31** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2020-01-31** Engrossed by House as amended HB822E
- **2020-01-31** Printed as engrossed 20104398D-E
- **2020-02-03** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-03** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-04** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04** Impact statement from SCC (HB822E)
- **2020-02-24** Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-27** Reading of amendment waived
- **2020-02-27** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-02-27** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2020-02-27** Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-02** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-03-02** Senate amendment agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-02** VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-05** Enrolled
- **2020-03-05** Impact statement from SCC (HB822ER)
- **2020-03-06** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-06** Signed by President
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-07** Approved by Governor-Chapter 840 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/351f3701-414e-415c-b807-8bc2e137a1d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).