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type: "Bill"
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title: "Hormonal contraceptives; payment of medical assistance for 12-month supply."
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description: "State plan for medical assistance; payment of medical assistance; 12-month supply of hormonal contraceptives. Directs the Board of Medical Assistance Services to include in the state plan for medical assistance a provision for the payment of medical assistance for the dispensing or furnishing of up to a 12-month supply of hormonal contraceptives at one time for Medicaid and Family Access to Medical Insurance Security (FAMIS) enrollees. The bill prohibits the Department of Medical Assistance Services from imposing any utilization controls or other forms of medical management limiting the supply of hormonal contraceptives that may be dispensed or furnished to an amount less than a 12-month supply. The bill provides that the bill shall not be construed to (i) require a provider to prescribe, dispense, or furnish a 12-month supply of self-administered hormonal contraceptives at one time or (ii) exclude coverage for hormonal contraceptives as prescribed by a prescriber, acting within his scope of practice, for reasons other than contraceptive purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "SB 1227"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1227 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer B. Boysko"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 40
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2021-01-11"
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last_action: "2021-03-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6dd59823-39e9-4b67-8212-d76ea9e26ba6"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1227"
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source_hash: "3af1adcfda8fe7e4b70bafe7373cb37dc4b66210be588e75de5eb354e7fb2dd1"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 1227 (2021) — Hormonal contraceptives; payment of medical assistance for 12-month supply.
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State plan for medical assistance; payment of medical assistance; 12-month supply of hormonal contraceptives. Directs the Board of Medical Assistance Services to include in the state plan for medical assistance a provision for the payment of medical assistance for the dispensing or furnishing of up to a 12-month supply of hormonal contraceptives at one time for Medicaid and Family Access to Medical Insurance Security (FAMIS) enrollees. The bill prohibits the Department of Medical Assistance Services from imposing any utilization controls or other forms of medical management limiting the supply of hormonal contraceptives that may be dispensed or furnished to an amount less than a 12-month supply. The bill provides that the bill shall not be construed to (i) require a provider to prescribe, dispense, or furnish a 12-month supply of self-administered hormonal contraceptives at one time or (ii) exclude coverage for hormonal contraceptives as prescribed by a prescriber, acting within his scope of practice, for reasons other than contraceptive purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0245** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0245)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 21200064D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1227H1)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101488D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1227)
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4. **Printed as engrossed 21101488D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1227E)
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5. **SB1227ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1227ER)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (76-Y 23-N) — **75–23** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (18-Y 3-N) — **18–3** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health with amendment (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Continued to Special Session 1 in Health, Welfare and Institutions — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) — **6–2** (pass) · lower
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- House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Jennifer B. Boysko — primary (person)
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- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
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- Candi Mundon King — cosponsor (person)
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- David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
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- David W. Marsden — cosponsor (person)
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- Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
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- Ghazala F. Hashmi — cosponsor (person)
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- Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
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- Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
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- Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
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- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
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- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
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- Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
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- Lee J. Carter — cosponsor (person)
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- Mamie E. Locke — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark D. Sickles — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
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- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
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- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Sally L. Hudson — cosponsor (person)
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- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
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- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
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- Suhas Subramanyam — cosponsor (person)
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- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101488D `introduction`
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- **2021-01-11** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB1227)
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- **2021-01-19** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2021-01-21** Reported from Education and Health with amendment (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-01-21** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-26** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-01-28** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2021-01-28** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2021-01-28** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2021-01-28** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1227E
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- **2021-01-28** Printed as engrossed 21101488D-E
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- **2021-01-28** Impact statement from DPB (SB1227E)
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- **2021-01-29** Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-02-02** Placed on Calendar
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- **2021-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-02** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in Health, Welfare and Institutions
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- **2021-02-09** Assigned HWI sub: Health `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-16** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2021-02-16** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N)
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- **2021-02-16** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (18-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-16** Committee substitute printed 21200064D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2021-02-18** Impact statement from DPB (SB1227H1)
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- **2021-02-18** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-19** Committee substitute agreed to 21200064D-H1
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- **2021-02-19** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1227H1
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- **2021-02-19** Passed House with substitute (76-Y 23-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-19** VOTE: Passage (76-Y 23-N)
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- **2021-02-23** House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-23** Title replaced 21200064D-H1
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- **2021-02-25** Enrolled
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- **2021-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (SB1227ER)
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- **2021-02-25** Signed by President
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- **2021-02-26** Signed by Speaker
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- **2021-03-01** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
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- **2021-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
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- **2021-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 245 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6dd59823-39e9-4b67-8212-d76ea9e26ba6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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