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| Bill | Health insurance; required provisions regarding prior authorization for health care services. | Health insurance; carrier contracts; required provisions regarding prior authorization for health care services; work group; report. Requires certain health insurance contracts under which an insurance carrier has the right or obligation to require prior authorization for a health care service, as defined in the bill, to include provisions governing the prior authorization process. Such required provisions include (i) time limits for a carrier to respond to prior authorization requests, (ii) a prohibition on revoking, limiting, making conditional, modifying, or restricting a previously approved prior authorization except under certain circumstances, and (iii) a requirement that a carrier shall provide the reasons for denial of a request. The bill requires a carrier to make publicly available on its website a list of health care services and codes for which prior authorization is required. The foregoing provisions have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027. The bill requires the State Corporation Commission's Bureau of Insurance to establish a work group to develop and deliver a report related to the bill's provisions by November 1, 2025. This bill is identical to SB 1215. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | HB 2099 | Virginia HB 2099 (2025) |
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Virginia HB 2099 (2025) — Health insurance; required provisions regarding prior authorization for health care services.
Health insurance; carrier contracts; required provisions regarding prior authorization for health care services; work group; report. Requires certain health insurance contracts under which an insurance carrier has the right or obligation to require prior authorization for a health care service, as defined in the bill, to include provisions governing the prior authorization process. Such required provisions include (i) time limits for a carrier to respond to prior authorization requests, (ii) a prohibition on revoking, limiting, making conditional, modifying, or restricting a previously approved prior authorization except under certain circumstances, and (iii) a requirement that a carrier shall provide the reasons for denial of a request. The bill requires a carrier to make publicly available on its website a list of health care services and codes for which prior authorization is required. The foregoing provisions have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027. The bill requires the State Corporation Commission's Bureau of Insurance to establish a work group to develop and deliver a report related to the bill's provisions by November 1, 2025. This bill is identical to SB 1215.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Labor and Commerce Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) — 6–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — primary (person)
- Briana D. Sewell — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25104651D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-07 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
referral-committee - 2025-01-14 Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1
referral-committee - 2025-01-21 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N)
substitution - 2025-01-23 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-23 Committee substitute printed 25105015D-H1
substitution - 2025-01-27 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-01-28 Read second time
reading-2 - 2025-01-28 Labor and Commerce Substitute agreed to
- 2025-01-28 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2025-01-29 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2025-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2025-01-30 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
referral-committee - 2025-01-30 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB2099)
- 2025-02-10 Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-12 Rules suspended
- 2025-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- 2025-02-12 Passed by for the day
- 2025-02-13 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-13 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-18 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-02-18 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2099ER)
passage - 2025-02-18 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2025-02-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB2099)
- 2025-02-20 Signed by President
passage - 2025-03-03 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2024
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2025-03-03 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
executive-receipt - 2025-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 58 (Effective 01/01/27)
executive-signature - 2025-03-18 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0058)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dde32f86-11a1-4596-9636-9e276fa177f2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).