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type: "Bill"
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title: "Health insurance; cost-sharing payments for prescription insulin drugs."
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description: "Health insurance; cost-sharing payments for prescription insulin drugs. Prohibits health insurance companies and other carriers from setting an amount exceeding $30 per 30-day supply that a covered person is required to pay at the point of sale in order to receive a covered prescription insulin drug. The measure also prohibits a provider contract between a carrier or its pharmacy benefits manager and a pharmacy from containing a provision (i) authorizing the carrier's pharmacy benefits manager or the pharmacy to charge, (ii) requiring the pharmacy to collect, or (iii) requiring a covered person to make a cost-sharing payment for a covered prescription insulin drug in an amount that exceeds such limitation. This bill incorporates HB 1403."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 66"
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citation: "Virginia HB 66 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Lee J. Carter"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2019-12-05"
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last_action: "2020-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/613b6582-3319-48ec-bb57-6a7ef6635829"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB66"
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source_hash: "a2edcc375b650b838725c1c6acf1741a213a1cbe49fd383dd77e916e088848c8"
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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 66 (2020) — Health insurance; cost-sharing payments for prescription insulin drugs.
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Health insurance; cost-sharing payments for prescription insulin drugs. Prohibits health insurance companies and other carriers from setting an amount exceeding $30 per 30-day supply that a covered person is required to pay at the point of sale in order to receive a covered prescription insulin drug. The measure also prohibits a provider contract between a carrier or its pharmacy benefits manager and a pharmacy from containing a provision (i) authorizing the carrier's pharmacy benefits manager or the pharmacy to charge, (ii) requiring the pharmacy to collect, or (iii) requiring a covered person to make a cost-sharing payment for a covered prescription insulin drug in an amount that exceeds such limitation. This bill incorporates HB 1403.
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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. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0881)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0881)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB66ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB66ER)
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3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB66H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB66H1)
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4. **Impact statement from SCC (HB66)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB66)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (9-Y 6-N) — **9–6** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (98-Y 1-N) — **97–1** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 2-N) — **4–2** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate with amendment (24-Y 16-N) — **24–16** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (17-Y 1-N) — **17–1** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Adoption (88-Y 4-N) — **87–4** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Lee J. Carter — primary (person)
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- Alex Q. Askew — cosponsor (person)
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- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
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- Chris L. Hurst — cosponsor (person)
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- Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
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- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
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- Danica A. Roem — cosponsor (person)
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- Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
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- Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
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- Don L. Scott — cosponsor (person)
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- Glenn R. Davis — cosponsor (person)
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- Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
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- Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
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- James A. "Jay" Leftwich — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeffrey M. Bourne — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)
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- Jerrauld C. "Jay" Jones — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph D. Morrissey — cosponsor (person)
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- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
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- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
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- Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
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- Martha M. Mugler — cosponsor (person)
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- Nancy D. Guy — cosponsor (person)
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- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
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- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
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- Roslyn C. Tyler — cosponsor (person)
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- Sally L. Hudson — cosponsor (person)
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- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
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- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
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- Steve E. Heretick — cosponsor (person)
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- Suhas Subramanyam — cosponsor (person)
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- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)
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- Wendy W. Gooditis — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-12-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100840D `introduction`
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- **2019-12-05** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-14** Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-16** Impact statement from SCC (HB66)
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- **2020-01-16** Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 2-N)
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- **2020-01-28** Committee substitute printed 20107156D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2020-01-28** Incorporates HB1403 (Leftwich)
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- **2020-01-28** Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (17-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-31** Passed by temporarily
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- **2020-01-31** Committee substitute agreed to 20107156D-H1
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- **2020-01-31** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB66H1
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- **2020-02-03** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-03** VOTE: Passage (98-Y 1-N)
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- **2020-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-02-04** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-04** Impact statement from SCC (HB66H1)
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- **2020-03-02** Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-03-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-03-05** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-05** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2020-03-05** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2020-03-05** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2020-03-05** Passed Senate with amendment (24-Y 16-N) `passage`
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- **2020-03-05** Senate amendment agreed to by House (88-Y 4-N)
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- **2020-03-05** VOTE: Adoption (88-Y 4-N)
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-12** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-12** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-13** Impact statement from SCC (HB66ER)
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- **2020-03-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
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- **2020-03-17** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 881 (effective 7/1/20) `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/613b6582-3319-48ec-bb57-6a7ef6635829`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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