republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/sb-321.md

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Bill	Health insurance; definition of autism spectrum disorder.	Health insurance; definition of autism spectrum disorder. Provides that for the purposes of required health insurance coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorder, "autism spectrum disorder" means any pervasive developmental disorder or autism spectrum disorder, as defined in the most recent edition or the most recent edition at the time of diagnosis of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders of the American Psychiatric Association and "medically necessary" means in accordance with the generally accepted standards of mental disorder or condition care and clinically appropriate in terms of type, frequency, site, and duration, based upon evidence and reasonably expected to do any of the following: (i) prevent the onset of an illness, condition, injury, or disability; (ii) reduce or ameliorate the physical, mental, or developmental effects of an illness, condition, injury, or disability; or (iii) assist to achieve or maintain maximum functional capacity in performing daily activities, taking into account both the functional capacity of the individual and the functional capacities that are appropriate for individuals of the same age. This bill is identical to HB 225.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	SB 321	Virginia SB 321 (2022)	bill		enacted	Jill Holtzman Vogel	3	22	5	2022-01-11	2022-04-06	openstates	ocd-bill/e336c665-2e78-45e8-a51d-7d1d89f92ab3	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB321	094a0b3deb35d097124acbcf18a570fbd5cd13d676fd63e2c9134cf0c2a7a202	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 321 (2022) — Health insurance; definition of autism spectrum disorder.

Health insurance; definition of autism spectrum disorder. Provides that for the purposes of required health insurance coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorder, "autism spectrum disorder" means any pervasive developmental disorder or autism spectrum disorder, as defined in the most recent edition or the most recent edition at the time of diagnosis of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders of the American Psychiatric Association and "medically necessary" means in accordance with the generally accepted standards of mental disorder or condition care and clinically appropriate in terms of type, frequency, site, and duration, based upon evidence and reasonably expected to do any of the following: (i) prevent the onset of an illness, condition, injury, or disability; (ii) reduce or ameliorate the physical, mental, or developmental effects of an illness, condition, injury, or disability; or (iii) assist to achieve or maintain maximum functional capacity in performing daily activities, taking into account both the functional capacity of the individual and the functional capacities that are appropriate for individuals of the same age. This bill is identical to HB 225. 

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0102 (committee substitute) — source
2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101498D (committee substitute) — source
3. SB321ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Commerce and Energy (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jill Holtzman Vogel — primary (person)
• Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101498D introduction
• 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2022-01-24 Impact statement from DPB (SB321)
• 2022-01-24 Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-01-26 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2022-01-27 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2022-01-28 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-22 Placed on Calendar
• 2022-02-22 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-22 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy referral-committee
• 2022-02-24 Reported from Commerce and Energy (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-28 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-03-01 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-01 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-03-01 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-04 Enrolled
• 2022-03-04 Signed by President
• 2022-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (SB321ER)
• 2022-03-04 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
• 2022-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 2022-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 102 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e336c665-2e78-45e8-a51d-7d1d89f92ab3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).