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| Bill | Health insurance claims; electronic attachments accepted, delayed effective date. | Health insurance; carrier business practices; electronic attachments. Provides that, in the following contexts, information may be submitted by a provider to a health insurance carrier through electronic attachment, as defined in the bill: (i) information related to services rendered as required by the carrier in its provider contract; (ii) information related to any defect or impropriety that prevents the carrier from deeming a health insurance claim a clean claim, as defined in existing law; and (iii) information required to establish medical necessity, benefit coverage, or prior authorization of services, or to conduct reconsideration activities. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 676 | Virginia HB 676 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 676 (2026) — Health insurance claims; electronic attachments accepted, delayed effective date.
Health insurance; carrier business practices; electronic attachments. Provides that, in the following contexts, information may be submitted by a provider to a health insurance carrier through electronic attachment, as defined in the bill: (i) information related to services rendered as required by the carrier in its provider contract; (ii) information related to any defect or impropriety that prevents the carrier from deeming a health insurance claim a clean claim, as defined in existing law; and (iii) information required to establish medical necessity, benefit coverage, or prior authorization of services, or to conduct reconsideration activities. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027.
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
- Subcommittee #1 Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Reported from Commerce and Labor — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute — 21–1 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 9–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — primary (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102772D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
referral-committee - 2026-01-20 Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #1
referral-committee - 2026-02-03 House subcommittee offered
- 2026-02-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N)
substitution - 2026-02-05 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (21-Y 1-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-05 Committee substitute printed 26106262D-H1
substitution - 2026-02-09 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-10 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-10 committee substitute agreed to
substitution - 2026-02-10 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-02-11 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-12 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
referral-committee - 2026-02-17 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB676)
- 2026-02-23 Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-25 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-25 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-25 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-26 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-26 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-03 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-03 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB676ER)
passage - 2026-03-03 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-03 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB676)
- 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 200 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0200)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1a0d9656-1db9-4c94-9c36-4cf047904956. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).