republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2025/sb-1199.md

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Bill	Medicare supplement policies; annual open enrollment period, individual Medicare policies, etc.	Medicare supplement policies; annual open enrollment period. Requires an insurer, health services plan, or health maintenance organization issuing individual Medicare supplement policies or certificates in the Commonwealth to offer to an individual currently insured under any such policy an annual open enrollment period commencing on the day of the individual's birthday and remaining open for at least 60 days thereafter, during which time the individual may purchase any Medicare supplement policy made available by any insurer in the Commonwealth that offers the same benefits as those provided by the current coverage. The bill also requires such insurer, health services plan, or health maintenance organization to notify, at least 15 days but not more than 30 days prior to the commencement of such annual open enrollment period, each individual to whom such open enrollment period applies of the dates of that open enrollment period, the rights of the individual during that open enrollment period, and any modification of benefits provided by or adjustment of premiums charged for such Medicare supplement policy. This bill is identical to HB 2100.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2025	SB 1199	Virginia SB 1199 (2025)	bill		enacted	R. Creigh Deeds	5	31	7	2025-01-08	2025-03-24	openstates	ocd-bill/574e2d05-606d-4313-9602-26cde15d62d1	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1199	994a252b27fd8e424182cbec3b5b684f8f5f61e885dad1b3b6973a9dd5357f53	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1199 (2025) — Medicare supplement policies; annual open enrollment period, individual Medicare policies, etc.

Medicare supplement policies; annual open enrollment period. Requires an insurer, health services plan, or health maintenance organization issuing individual Medicare supplement policies or certificates in the Commonwealth to offer to an individual currently insured under any such policy an annual open enrollment period commencing on the day of the individual's birthday and remaining open for at least 60 days thereafter, during which time the individual may purchase any Medicare supplement policy made available by any insurer in the Commonwealth that offers the same benefits as those provided by the current coverage. The bill also requires such insurer, health services plan, or health maintenance organization to notify, at least 15 days but not more than 30 days prior to the commencement of such annual open enrollment period, each individual to whom such open enrollment period applies of the dates of that open enrollment period, the rights of the individual during that open enrollment period, and any modification of benefits provided by or adjustment of premiums charged for such Medicare supplement policy. This bill is identical to HB 2100.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. Commerce and Labor Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Commerce and Labor Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed House (80-Y 17-N) — 80–17 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Labor and Commerce (17-Y 5-N) — 17–5 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Failed to report (defeated) in Commerce and Labor (3-Y 11-N) — 3–11 (fail) · upper
• Passed Senate (34-Y 6-N) — 34–6 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (8-Y 7-N) — 8–7 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• R. Creigh Deeds — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103057D filing, introduction
• 2025-01-08 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2025-01-20 Failed to report (defeated) in Commerce and Labor (3-Y 11-N) committee-failure
• 2025-01-28 Reconsidered by Commerce and Labor
• 2025-02-03 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (8-Y 7-N) committee-passage
• 2025-02-03 Committee substitute printed 25106114D-S1 substitution
• 2025-02-04 Rules suspended
• 2025-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
• 2025-02-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-02-04 Reading of substitute waived
• 2025-02-04 Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to
• 2025-02-04 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
• 2025-02-04 Rules suspended
• 2025-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
• 2025-02-04 Passed Senate (34-Y 6-N) passage
• 2025-02-07 Placed on Calendar
• 2025-02-07 Read first time reading-1
• 2025-02-07 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2025-02-13 Reported from Labor and Commerce (17-Y 5-N) committee-passage
• 2025-02-17 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-02-18 Read third time reading-3
• 2025-02-18 Passed House (80-Y 17-N) passage
• 2025-02-20 Enrolled enrolled
• 2025-02-20 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1199ER) passage
• 2025-02-20 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2025-02-23 Signed by President passage
• 2025-03-04 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1199)
• 2025-03-05 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 5, 2025 enrolled
• 2025-03-05 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
• 2025-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 540 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
• 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0540)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/574e2d05-606d-4313-9602-26cde15d62d1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).