republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-701.md

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Bill	Health and insurance; notice of adverse determinations.	Health insurance; notice of adverse determination. Requires health carriers to send in writing to a covered person the notice of an adverse determination or final adverse determination and the covered person's right to request an external review, as required by current law, within five business days after the adverse determination or final adverse determination has been made. The bill also requires such notice to include certain information related to the person who made the adverse determination or final adverse determination.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 701	Virginia HB 701 (2026)	bill		enacted	Michelle Lopes Maldonado	7	37	10	2026-01-13	2026-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/8aa23e8d-d1fe-42f1-abe0-d95973a20f08	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB701	f64c1043b0c786fdf65fc5e36cded15000e2fd6919a59f6b21914e95c1d05736	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 701 (2026) — Health and insurance; notice of adverse determinations.

Health insurance; notice of adverse determination. Requires health carriers to send in writing to a covered person the notice of an adverse determination or final adverse determination and the covered person's right to request an external review, as required by current law, within five business days after the adverse determination or final adverse determination has been made. The bill also requires such notice to include certain information related to the person who made the adverse determination or final adverse determination.

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 Amendment (committee substitute) — source
4. Labor and Commerce Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate Amendment (committee substitute) — source
6. Subcommittee #1 Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
7. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reconsider R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment — 14–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Michelle Lopes Maldonado — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104809D 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 (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-05 Committee substitute printed 26105487D-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 (96-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-11 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
• 2026-02-11 Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-12 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2026-03-09 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB701)
• 2026-03-09 Senate committee offered
• 2026-03-09 Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-10 Rules suspended
• 2026-03-10 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-10 Passed by for the day Block Vote (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 (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 (98-Y 0-N 0-A) amendment-passage
• 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB701ER) 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
• 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 411 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0411)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8aa23e8d-d1fe-42f1-abe0-d95973a20f08. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).