republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-118.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 HB 935.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 118	Virginia SB 118 (2024)	bill		enacted	Mamie E. Locke	4	33	7	2024-01-04	2024-04-04	openstates	ocd-bill/66718036-2897-4cfd-9793-76c5c863e147	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB118	6b2c4a579cf59d033c2a5f7ec346ea58bd8b4144a9510473b740c8ab70a83eb2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 118 (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 HB 935.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0495 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24106407D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103178D (committee substitute) — source
4. SB118ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (96-Y 0-N) — 95–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mamie E. Locke — primary (person)
• Jennifer D. Carroll Foy — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-04 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103178D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-04 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2024-02-01 Impact statement from DPB (SB118)
• 2024-02-05 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-05 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-05 Committee substitute printed 24106407D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-05 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-08 Impact statement from DPB (SB118S1)
• 2024-02-08 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-12 Reading of substitute waived
• 2024-02-12 Committee substitute agreed to 24106407D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-12 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB118S1 substitution
• 2024-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-12 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-15 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-15 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-15 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2024-02-20 Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-22 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-23 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-23 Passed House (96-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-23 VOTE: Passage (96-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-28 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-28 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB118ER) passage
• 2024-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (SB118ER)
• 2024-02-28 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-02 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 495 (effective - see bill) executive-signature
• 2024-04-04 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0495)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/66718036-2897-4cfd-9793-76c5c863e147. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).