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| Bill | Pharmacies; freedom of choice by covered individual. | Pharmacies; freedom of choice. Requiresthat no carrier, health maintenance organization, or pharmacy benefitsmanager shall prohibit a covered individual from selecting the pharmacy of his choice to furnish retail, mail order, or specialty pharmaceuticalbenefits under the covered individual's policy. The bill providesthat no pharmacy that meets the terms and conditions of participationshall be precluded from obtaining a direct service agreement or participatingprovider agreement and that any request for such agreement by a pharmacyshall be acted upon by a carrier, health maintenance organization,or pharmacy benefits manager within 30 days of receiving the request.Under current law, some of these requirements apply to health maintenanceorganizations; those requirements are expanded in the bill. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2021 | HB 2219 | Virginia HB 2219 (2021) |
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Virginia HB 2219 (2021) — Pharmacies; freedom of choice by covered individual.
Pharmacies; freedom of choice. Requiresthat no carrier, health maintenance organization, or pharmacy benefitsmanager shall prohibit a covered individual from selecting the pharmacy of his choice to furnish retail, mail order, or specialty pharmaceuticalbenefits under the covered individual's policy. The bill providesthat no pharmacy that meets the terms and conditions of participationshall be precluded from obtaining a direct service agreement or participatingprovider agreement and that any request for such agreement by a pharmacyshall be acted upon by a carrier, health maintenance organization,or pharmacy benefits manager within 30 days of receiving the request.Under current law, some of these requirements apply to health maintenanceorganizations; those requirements are expanded in the bill.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0229 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 21103810D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
- HB2219ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102194D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- M. Keith Hodges — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102194D
introduction - 2021-01-13 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
referral-committee - 2021-01-19 Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2
referral-committee - 2021-01-28 Impact statement from DPB (HB2219)
- 2021-01-28 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2021-01-28 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-02 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-02 Committee substitute printed 21103810D-H1
substitution - 2021-02-03 Read first time
reading-1 - 2021-02-04 Read second time
reading-2 - 2021-02-04 Committee substitute agreed to 21103810D-H1
- 2021-02-04 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2219H1
- 2021-02-05 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2021-02-05 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2021-02-05 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
referral-committee - 2021-02-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB2219H1)
- 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-15 Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-15 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
referral-committee - 2021-02-17 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-17 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-18 Read third time
reading-3 - 2021-02-18 Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
passage - 2021-02-18 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-18 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage - 2021-02-22 Enrolled
- 2021-02-22 Signed by President
- 2021-02-23 Impact statement from DPB (HB2219ER)
- 2021-02-24 Signed by Speaker
- 2021-02-25 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
- 2021-02-25 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 2021-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 229 (effective 7/1/21)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5cbcd279-d321-4c6a-9025-3a6f46d640fa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).