republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-935.md

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Bill	Health insurance; coverage for doula care services.	Health insurance; coverage for doula care services. Requires health insurers, corporations providing health care subscription contracts, and health maintenance organizations whose policy, contract, or plan includes coverage for obstetrical services to provide coverage for doula care services provided by a state-certified doula. The bill requires such coverage to include coverage for at least eight visits during the antepartum or postpartum period and support during labor and delivery. The bill provides that health insurance carriers are (i) not required to pay for duplicate services actually rendered by both a state-certified doula and another health care provider and (ii) prohibited from requiring supervision, signature, or referral by any other health care provider as a condition of reimbursement for doula care services, except when those requirements are also applicable to other categories of health care providers. Such provisions of the bill are subject to a reenactment clause. The bill also requires the Health Insurance Reform Commission to consider coverage for doula care services in its review of the essential health benefits benchmark plan and to include such coverage in its recommendation to the General Assembly unless a compelling reason for excluding such coverage is identified. This bill is identical to SB 118.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 935	Virginia HB 935 (2024)	bill		enacted	Destiny LeVere Bolling	4	48	11	2024-01-09	2024-04-04	openstates	ocd-bill/66cf982a-bd34-49a9-9e7e-b3e02edc669e	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB935	f9d2038302261dc9669344e9b87d6e5ba1df3651bd1c4dcda3c8314560818be1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 935 (2024) — Health insurance; coverage for doula care services.

Health insurance; coverage for doula care services. Requires health insurers, corporations providing health care subscription contracts, and health maintenance organizations whose policy, contract, or plan includes coverage for obstetrical services to provide coverage for doula care services provided by a state-certified doula. The bill requires such coverage to include coverage for at least eight visits during the antepartum or postpartum period and support during labor and delivery. The bill provides that health insurance carriers are (i) not required to pay for duplicate services actually rendered by both a state-certified doula and another health care provider and (ii) prohibited from requiring supervision, signature, or referral by any other health care provider as a condition of reimbursement for doula care services, except when those requirements are also applicable to other categories of health care providers. Such provisions of the bill are subject to a reenactment clause. The bill also requires the Health Insurance Reform Commission to consider coverage for doula care services in its review of the essential health benefits benchmark plan and to include such coverage in its recommendation to the General Assembly unless a compelling reason for excluding such coverage is identified. This bill is identical to SB 118.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0460 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24105534D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB935ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101282D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate insisted on amendment (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (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
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N) — 0–96 (fail) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Destiny LeVere Bolling — primary (person)
• Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
• Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
• Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Wren M. Williams — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101282D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2024-01-18 Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2024-01-26 Impact statement from DPB (HB935)
• 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 24105534D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-02 Impact statement from DPB (HB935H1)
• 2024-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-06 Committee substitute agreed to 24105534D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-06 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB935H1 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 (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-19 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-21 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-22 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-23 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-23 Reading of amendment waived
• 2024-02-23 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-23 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2024-02-23 Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-27 Senate amendment rejected by House (0-Y 97-N) amendment-failure
• 2024-02-27 VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N)
• 2024-02-29 Senate insisted on amendment (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-29 Senate requested conference committee referral-committee
• 2024-03-01 House acceded to request
• 2024-03-01 Conferees appointed by House
• 2024-03-01 Delegates: LeVere Bolling, Herring, O'Quinn
• 2024-03-04 Passed by for the day
• 2024-03-05 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2024-03-05 Senators: Locke, Deeds, Stanley
• 2024-03-06 Amended by conference committee
• 2024-03-06 Conference report agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N) committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-06 VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-07 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB935ER) passage
• 2024-03-25 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-27 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 460 (effective - see bill) executive-signature
• 2024-04-04 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0460)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/66cf982a-bd34-49a9-9e7e-b3e02edc669e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).