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type: "Bill"
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title: "Health insurance; coverage for autism spectrum disorder."
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description: "Requires health insurers, health care subscription plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorder in individuals of any age. Currently, such coverage is required to be provided for individuals from age two through age 10. The provision applies with respect to insurance policies, subscription contracts, and health care plans delivered, issued for delivery, reissued, or extended on or after January 1, 2020. This bill is identical to"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 2577"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2577 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Insurance"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Robert M. \"Bob\" Thomas, Jr."]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2019-01-09"
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last_action: "2019-03-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/475a3c5b-cfc3-48b6-87ac-ba4ea40220cf"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2577"
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source_hash: "b0854f24f63d428d87df87d838a647bdf7e1d5637b677f20b48a3f37920675ad"
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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 2577 (2019) — Health insurance; coverage for autism spectrum disorder.
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Requires health insurers, health care subscription plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorder in individuals of any age. Currently, such coverage is required to be provided for individuals from age two through age 10. The provision applies with respect to insurance policies, subscription contracts, and health care plans delivered, issued for delivery, reissued, or extended on or after January 1, 2020. This bill is identical to
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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. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0452)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0452)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2577ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2577ER)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102840D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2577)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Appropriations — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance — **16–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House — **97–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Robert M. "Bob" Thomas, Jr. — primary (person)
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- Barry D. Knight — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Matthew Fariss — cosponsor (person)
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- Charles D. Poindexter — cosponsor (person)
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- Cheryl B. Turpin — cosponsor (person)
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- Chris L. Hurst — cosponsor (person)
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- Christopher E. Collins — cosponsor (person)
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- Christopher T. Head — cosponsor (person)
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- Danica A. Roem — cosponsor (person)
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- Daniel W. Marshall, III — cosponsor (person)
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- David E. Yancey — cosponsor (person)
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- David J. Toscano — cosponsor (person)
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- Eileen Filler-Corn — cosponsor (person)
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- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
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- Emily M. Brewer — cosponsor (person)
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- Glenn R. Davis — cosponsor (person)
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- Gordon C. Helsel, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Israel D. O'Quinn — cosponsor (person)
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- James A. "Jay" Leftwich — cosponsor (person)
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- James E. Edmunds, II — cosponsor (person)
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- Jason S. Miyares — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeffrey L. Campbell — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeffrey M. Bourne — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. McGuire, III — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph P. McNamara — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
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- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
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- Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
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- Luke E. Torian — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Keith Hodges — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Kirkland Cox — cosponsor (person)
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- Margaret B. Ransone — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael P. Mullin — cosponsor (person)
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- Nick Rush — cosponsor (person)
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- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Lee Ware — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Steven Landes — cosponsor (person)
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- Richard P. Bell — cosponsor (person)
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- Riley E. Ingram — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert B. Bell — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Chris Jones — cosponsor (person)
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- Steve E. Heretick — cosponsor (person)
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- T. Scott Garrett — cosponsor (person)
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- Terry L. Austin — cosponsor (person)
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- Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Timothy D. Hugo — cosponsor (person)
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- Todd E. Pillion — cosponsor (person)
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- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102840D `introduction`
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- **2019-01-09** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-22** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-24** Assigned App. sub: Compensation & Retirement `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-04** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-05** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 1-N 1-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-02-06** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-11** Rereferred to Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-20** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-20** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-20** Signed by President
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- **2019-02-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 27, 2019
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- **2019-02-27** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
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- **2019-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 452 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`
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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/475a3c5b-cfc3-48b6-87ac-ba4ea40220cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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