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type: "Bill"
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title: "Health insurance; reporting requirements."
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description: "Health insurance; reporting requirements. Amends various reporting requirements related to health insurance, including by requiring the State Corporation Commission to maintain and publicly post an inventory of mandated benefits and providers, requiring health carriers to report annually on provider terminations and reinstatements, and consolidating reports related to balance billing and arbitration. The bill repeals reporting requirements related to the Comparable Health Care Service Incentive Program and Virginia Health Savings Account Plan."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 618"
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citation: "Virginia HB 618 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Irene Shin"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2026-01-13"
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last_action: "2026-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf89418c-6ce9-415e-b8d0-b09cafce5bec"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB618"
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source_hash: "023e0f59f6f6afa7ac3a0e1ac97194084b0fd71466a603ab0a62751317babca7"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 618 (2026) — Health insurance; reporting requirements.
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Health insurance; reporting requirements. Amends various reporting requirements related to health insurance, including by requiring the State Corporation Commission to maintain and publicly post an inventory of mandated benefits and providers, requiring health carriers to report annually on provider terminations and reinstatements, and consolidating reports related to balance billing and arbitration. The bill repeals reporting requirements related to the Comparable Health Care Service Incentive Program and Virginia Health Savings Account Plan.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1085193.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216816.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1187122.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **92–1** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Labor and Commerce — **21–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Irene Shin — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103575D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-20** Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-26** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB618)
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- **2026-02-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
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- **2026-02-05** Reported from Labor and Commerce (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-10** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-11** Read third time and passed House (92-Y 1-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-12** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-23** Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-25** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-25** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-25** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-26** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-03** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-03** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB618ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-03** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-03** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-05** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB618)
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- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 187 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0187)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf89418c-6ce9-415e-b8d0-b09cafce5bec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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