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type: "Bill"
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title: "Health Insurance Reform Commission; mandated health insurance benefit or provider."
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description: "Health Insurance Reform Commission; mandatedhealth insurance benefit or provider. Provides that, for thepurposes of the requirement that the Chair of the House Committeeon Labor and Commerce or Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor refercertain legislation regarding a mandated health insurance benefit or provider to the Health Insurance Reform Commission for review, \"mandated health insurance benefit or provider\" means coverage requiredunder the laws of the Commonwealth to be provided in a policy of accident and sickness insurance or a contract for a health-relatedcondition that (i) includes coverage for specific health care servicesor benefits; (ii) places limitations or restrictions on deductibles,coinsurance, copayments, or any annual or lifetime maximum benefitamounts; or (iii) includes a specific category of licensed healthcare practitioners from whom an insured is entitled to receive care."
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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 1473"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1473 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Richard L. Saslaw"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2021-01-22"
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last_action: "2021-03-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89d89907-9963-490d-b903-2f41cfaef593"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1473"
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source_hash: "caf308949a698db427cd534150d64705c763c8a7390a0695abcf4794032ebc31"
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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 1473 (2021) — Health Insurance Reform Commission; mandated health insurance benefit or provider.
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Health Insurance Reform Commission; mandatedhealth insurance benefit or provider. Provides that, for thepurposes of the requirement that the Chair of the House Committeeon Labor and Commerce or Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor refercertain legislation regarding a mandated health insurance benefit or provider to the Health Insurance Reform Commission for review, "mandated health insurance benefit or provider" means coverage requiredunder the laws of the Commonwealth to be provided in a policy of accident and sickness insurance or a contract for a health-relatedcondition that (i) includes coverage for specific health care servicesor benefits; (ii) places limitations or restrictions on deductibles,coinsurance, copayments, or any annual or lifetime maximum benefitamounts; or (iii) includes a specific category of licensed healthcare practitioners from whom an insured is entitled to receive care.
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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. **CHAP0259** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0259)
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2. **Presented and ordered printed 21102753D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1473)
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3. **SB1473ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1473ER)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Rules (18-Y 0-N) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
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- Continued to Special Session 1 in Rules — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Rules (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Richard L. Saslaw — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-22** Presented and ordered printed 21102753D `introduction`
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- **2021-01-22** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-27** Impact statement from SCC (SB1473)
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- **2021-01-29** Reported from Rules (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-02** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-02** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-05** Placed on Calendar
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- **2021-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-05** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in Rules
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- **2021-02-19** Reported from Rules (18-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-23** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-24** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-24** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-26** Enrolled
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- **2021-02-26** Impact statement from SCC (SB1473ER)
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- **2021-02-26** Signed by Speaker
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- **2021-02-27** Signed by President
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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 259 (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/89d89907-9963-490d-b903-2f41cfaef593`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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