republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-238.md

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Bill	Health insurance; coverage for colorectal cancer screening.	Health insurance; coverage for colorectal cancer screening. Requires health insurers to provide coverage for examinations and laboratory tests related to colorectal cancer screening in accordance with the most recently published recommendations established by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force for colorectal cancer screening for which a rating of A or B is in effect with respect to the individual involved. The bill requires such coverage to include coverage of a follow-up colonoscopy after a positive noninvasive stool-based screening test or direct visualization screening test. The bill prohibits such coverage from being subject to any deductible, coinsurance, or any other cost-sharing requirements for services received from participating providers. The provisions of the bill apply to individual or group accident and sickness insurance policies, individual or group accident and sickness subscription contracts, or health care plans delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in the Commonwealth on and after January 1, 2025.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 238	Virginia HB 238 (2024)	bill		enacted	Delores L. McQuinn	4	30	6	2024-01-04	2024-03-28	openstates	ocd-bill/54047a32-201f-4f69-8f2e-33ff893e1ba6	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB238	ee7b91d3423a2e4e94a403d987187be21904f404c61f6d2eaa1b9701ff7bc78c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 238 (2024) — Health insurance; coverage for colorectal cancer screening.

Health insurance; coverage for colorectal cancer screening. Requires health insurers to provide coverage for examinations and laboratory tests related to colorectal cancer screening in accordance with the most recently published recommendations established by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force for colorectal cancer screening for which a rating of A or B is in effect with respect to the individual involved. The bill requires such coverage to include coverage of a follow-up colonoscopy after a positive noninvasive stool-based screening test or direct visualization screening test. The bill prohibits such coverage from being subject to any deductible, coinsurance, or any other cost-sharing requirements for services received from participating providers. The provisions of the bill apply to individual or group accident and sickness insurance policies, individual or group accident and sickness subscription contracts, or health care plans delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in the Commonwealth on and after January 1, 2025.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0181 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24106386D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB238ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101094D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Delores L. McQuinn — primary (person)
• Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
• Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
• Candi Mundon King — cosponsor (person)
• Carrie E. Coyner — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
• Ellen H. Campbell — cosponsor (person)
• Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
• Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
• Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
• Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
• Michael J. Jones — cosponsor (person)
• Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
• Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• William M. Stanley, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-04 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101094D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-04 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2024-01-15 Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2024-01-23 Impact statement from DPB (HB238)
• 2024-01-30 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-30 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2024-02-01 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-01 Committee substitute printed 24106386D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB238H1)
• 2024-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-06 Committee substitute agreed to 24106386D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-06 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB238H1 substitution
• 2024-02-07 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-07 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-08 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2024-02-19 Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-21 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-22 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-22 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-27 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-27 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB238ER) passage
• 2024-02-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB238ER)
• 2024-02-27 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-01 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-28 Approved by Governor-Chapter 181 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-28 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0181)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/54047a32-201f-4f69-8f2e-33ff893e1ba6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).