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| Bill | Health insurance claims; electronic information or 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. This bill is identical to HB 676. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 172 | Virginia SB 172 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 172 (2026) — Health insurance claims; electronic information or 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. This bill is identical to HB 676.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Commerce and Labor Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce — 17–3 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 97–1 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Stella G. Pekarsky — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102798D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-08 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
referral-committee - 2026-01-26 Senate committee offered
- 2026-01-26 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-27 Committee substitute printed 26106213D-S1
substitution - 2026-01-28 Rules suspended
- 2026-01-28 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-01-28 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-01-28 Passed by for the day
- 2026-01-29 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-01-29 Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to
- 2026-01-29 Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
- 2026-01-29 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-01-30 Read third time and passed Senate
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-04 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-02-04 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-04 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
referral-committee - 2026-02-19 Reported from Labor and Commerce (17-Y 3-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-23 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-24 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-24 Passed House (97-Y 1-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-02-26 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-02-26 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB172ER)
passage - 2026-02-26 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-02-26 Signed by President
passage - 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 - 2026-03-23 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB172)
- 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 201 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0201)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/eede93bf-3f3a-419d-a081-9ca9e2f82098. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).