republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-1400.md

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Bill	Health insurance; coverage for maternal mental health screenings.	Health insurance; coverage for maternal mental health screenings. Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage for maternal mental health screenings. The bill requires such coverage to include at least one maternal mental health screening to be conducted during pregnancy, at least one additional screening to be conducted during the first six weeks of the postpartum period, and additional medically necessary postpartum screenings. Additionally, the bill provides that coverage for a prescription drug for the treatment of a maternal mental health condition shall not be subject to prior authorization requirements unless there are clinically significant safety or efficacy concerns.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 1400	Virginia HB 1400 (2026)	bill		enacted	Margaret A. Franklin	4	30	9	2026-01-22	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/6a6a64e1-3d37-4377-a821-44dadccfd497	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1400	56f14ad669f236ff95d928dda66254873eed988e6ce2a04aba5105f9a48e1981	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1400 (2026) — Health insurance; coverage for maternal mental health screenings.

Health insurance; coverage for maternal mental health screenings. Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage for maternal mental health screenings. The bill requires such coverage to include at least one maternal mental health screening to be conducted during pregnancy, at least one additional screening to be conducted during the first six weeks of the postpartum period, and additional medically necessary postpartum screenings. Additionally, the bill provides that coverage for a prescription drug for the treatment of a maternal mental health condition shall not be subject to prior authorization requirements unless there are clinically significant safety or efficacy concerns.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Commerce and Labor Amendment (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate Amendment (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• H VOTE: — 65–30 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 5–3 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 70–25 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Reconsider R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Labor and Commerce — 13–7 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Margaret A. Franklin — primary (person)
• Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
• Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
• Joshua E. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
• Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
• Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
• Kimberly Pope Adams — cosponsor (person)
• Leslie Chambers Mehta — cosponsor (person)
• Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
• May Nivar — cosponsor (person)
• Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
• Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-22 Presented and ordered printed 26105744D introduction
• 2026-01-22 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2026-01-27 Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2026-02-10 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
• 2026-02-12 Reported from Labor and Commerce (13-Y 7-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-15 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-16 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2026-02-17 Read third time and passed House (66-Y 30-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-18 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2026-03-09 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB1400)
• 2026-03-09 Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-10 Rules suspended
• 2026-03-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-10 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
• 2026-03-11 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-11 Commerce and Labor Amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2026-03-11 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2026-03-11 Passed Senate with amendment Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-11 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-11 Passed Senate with amendment Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-12 Senate amendment agreed to by House (70-Y 25-N 0-A) amendment-passage
• 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1400ER) passage
• 2026-03-30 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-13 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB1400)
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 840 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6a6a64e1-3d37-4377-a821-44dadccfd497. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).