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| Bill | Pharmacy benefits managers; requirements, application of law, report, delayed effective date. | Pharmacy benefits managers; requirements; scope; report. Requires all health insurance carriers to use the pass-through pricing model and may limit a pharmacy benefits manager from deriving income from pharmacy benefits management services provided to a carrier except for income derived from a pharmacy benefits management fee. The bill prohibits a pharmacy benefits manager from (i) reversing and or resubmitting the claim of a pharmacist or pharmacy without meeting certain requirements, (ii) reducing any payment to a pharmacist or pharmacy to an effective rate of reimbursement, or (iii) retroactively denying or reducing a claim or aggregate of claims except under certain circumstances. The bill requires the State Corporation Commission (the Commission) to examine the practice of carriers or pharmacy benefits managers requiring or inducing covered individuals to utilize pharmacy services at an affiliated pharmacy. The Commission is required to report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by December 1, 2027. Certain provisions of the bill have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027. This bill incorporates SB 410 and SB 413 and is identical to HB 830. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 669 | Virginia SB 669 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 669 (2026) — Pharmacy benefits managers; requirements, application of law, report, delayed effective date.
Pharmacy benefits managers; requirements; scope; report. Requires all health insurance carriers to use the pass-through pricing model and may limit a pharmacy benefits manager from deriving income from pharmacy benefits management services provided to a carrier except for income derived from a pharmacy benefits management fee. The bill prohibits a pharmacy benefits manager from (i) reversing and or resubmitting the claim of a pharmacist or pharmacy without meeting certain requirements, (ii) reducing any payment to a pharmacist or pharmacy to an effective rate of reimbursement, or (iii) retroactively denying or reducing a claim or aggregate of claims except under certain circumstances. The bill requires the State Corporation Commission (the Commission) to examine the practice of carriers or pharmacy benefits managers requiring or inducing covered individuals to utilize pharmacy services at an affiliated pharmacy. The Commission is required to report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by December 1, 2027. Certain provisions of the bill have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027. This bill incorporates SB 410 and SB 413 and is identical to HB 830.
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
- Delegate Callsen Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Labor and Commerce Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Concur House Substitute R — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute — 20–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Aaron R. Rouse — primary (person)
- Mark J. Peake — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-14 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105407D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-14 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
referral-committee - 2026-01-26 Senate committee offered
- 2026-01-26 Senate committee offered
- 2026-01-26 Incorporates SB410 (Peake)
- 2026-01-26 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-26 Incorporates SB413 (Peake)
- 2026-01-27 Committee substitute printed 26106220D-S1
substitution - 2026-02-03 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-04 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-04 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-05 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-05 Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to
- 2026-02-05 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote)
substitution - 2026-02-06 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-10 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB669)
- 2026-02-12 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-02-12 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-12 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
referral-committee - 2026-02-19 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (20-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-19 Committee substitute printed 26108250D-H1
substitution - 2026-02-23 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-24 Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- 2026-02-24 Passed by for the day
- 2026-02-25 Floor substitute printed 26108552D-H2 (Callsen)
- 2026-02-25 Floor offered Delegate Callsen Substitute
- 2026-02-25 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-25 committee substitute rejected
- 2026-02-25 Delegate Callsen Floor substitute agreed to
substitution - 2026-02-25 Engrossed by House - floor substitute
- 2026-02-25 Passed House with substitute (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-02-27 House substitute agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
substitution - 2026-03-04 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-04 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB669ER)
passage - 2026-03-04 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-04 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 - 2026-03-12 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB669)
- 2026-03-31 Approved by Governor-Chapter 36 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-03-31 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0036)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c5a99447-9ac8-4a27-98e7-95e16a560d1b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).