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Pharmacy benefits managers; licensure and regulation definitions.

Pharmacy benefits managers; licensure and regulation. Provides that no person is authorized to provide pharmacy benefits management services or otherwise act as a pharmacy benefits manager without first obtaining a license from the State Corporation Commission. The measure prohibits a carrier on its own or through its contracted pharmacy benefits manager or representative of a pharmacy benefits manager from (i) causing or knowingly permitting the use of any advertisement, promotion, solicitation, representation, proposal, or offer that is untrue; (ii) charging a pharmacist or pharmacy a fee related to the adjudication of a claim other than a reasonable fee for an initial claim submission; (iii) reimbursing a pharmacy or pharmacist an amount less than the amount that the pharmacy benefits manager reimburses a pharmacy benefits manager affiliate for providing the same pharmacist services, calculated on a per-unit basis using the same generic product identifier or generic code number and reflecting all drug manufacturer's rebates, direct and indirect administrative fees, and costs and any remuneration; or (iv) penalizing or retaliating against a pharmacist or pharmacy for exercising rights provided by this measure. The measure also prohibits a carrier from (a) imposing provider accreditation standards or certification requirements inconsistent with, more stringent than, or in addition to requirements of the Virginia Board of Pharmacy or other state or federal entity; (b) including any mail order pharmacy or pharmacy benefits manager affiliate in calculating or determining network adequacy; or (c) conducting spread pricing in the Commonwealth. The measure also imposes recordkeeping and reporting requirements. The bill has a delayed effective date of October 1, 2020. This bill incorporates SB 252 and SB 862 and is identical to HB 1290.

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Virginia General Assembly

2020

SB 251

Virginia SB 251 (2020)

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enacted

John S. Edwards

2020-01-02

2020-05-21

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ocd-bill/b1a16df4-740c-428a-9399-bbbbdfb9c7a8

https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB251

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https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump

2026-07-06

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Virginia SB 251 (2020) — Pharmacy benefits managers; licensure and regulation definitions.

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

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1288) (committee substitute) — source
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB251ER) (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB251S1 (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from SCC (SB251) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N) — 19–21 (fail) · upper
VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation rejected (35-Y 3-N) — 35–3 (pass) · upper
Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (9-Y 6-N) — 9–6 (pass) · upper
Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N) — 19–21 (fail) · upper
Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendments (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
Read third time and passed Senate (33-Y 7-N) — 33–7 (pass) · upper
House amendments agreed to by Senate (38-Y 2-N) — 38–2 (pass) · upper

Timeline

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

2020-01-02 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101086D introduction
2020-01-02 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
2020-01-15 Assigned C&L sub: Health Insurance referral-committee
2020-01-16 Impact statement from SCC (SB251)
2020-01-27 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (9-Y 6-N) committee-passage
2020-01-27 Incorporates SB252 (Edwards)
2020-01-27 Incorporates SB862 (Pillion)
2020-01-27 Committee substitute printed 20105876D-S1 substitution
2020-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-01-30 Passed by for the day
2020-01-31 Passed by for the day
2020-02-03 Read second time reading-2
2020-02-03 Reading of substitute waived
2020-02-03 Committee substitute agreed to 20105876D-S1
2020-02-03 Reading of amendments waived
2020-02-03 Amendments by Senator Hanger rejected amendment-failure
2020-02-03 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB251S1
2020-02-04 Read third time and passed Senate (33-Y 7-N) passage, reading-3
2020-02-04 Impact statement from SCC (SB251S1)
2020-02-18 Placed on Calendar
2020-02-18 Read first time reading-1
2020-02-18 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
2020-02-18 Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendments (20-Y 0-N) committee-passage
2020-02-20 Read second time reading-2
2020-02-21 Read third time reading-3
2020-02-21 Committee amendments agreed to
2020-02-21 Engrossed by House as amended
2020-02-21 Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage
2020-02-21 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
2020-02-25 House amendments agreed to by Senate (38-Y 2-N)
2020-03-02 Enrolled
2020-03-02 Impact statement from SCC (SB251ER)
2020-03-02 Signed by Speaker
2020-03-03 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
2020-04-11 Governor's recommendation received by Senate
2020-04-22 Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N)
2020-04-22 Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to (40-Y 0-N)
2020-04-22 Passed by temporarily
2020-04-22 Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N)
2020-04-22 Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation rejected (35-Y 3-N)
2020-04-22 Second reconsideration requires unanimous consent
2020-04-22 Communicated to Governor
2020-04-22 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 22, 2020
2020-05-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1288 (effective - see bill) executive-signature

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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b1a16df4-740c-428a-9399-bbbbdfb9c7a8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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