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type: "Bill"
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title: "Health care; explanation of benefits, sensitive health care services."
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description: "Health care services; explanation of benefits. Requires health carriers and Medicaid managed care organizations to provide an explanation of benefits to covered persons or recipients. The measure requires the State Corporation Commission to adopt regulations that establish alternative methods of delivery of the explanation of benefits that permit the receipt of an explanation of benefits by an alternative method, provided that such alternative method is in compliance with the provisions of federal regulations regarding the right to request privacy protection for protected health information. The measure requires health carriers and Medicaid managed care organizations to take all reasonable actions to ensure that their internal processes and systems prohibit the identification or description of sensitive health care services in their explanations of benefits. The measure requires a health carrier that requires a covered person to make a request for confidential communications in writing in accordance with federal law to accept the form of the explanation of benefits approved by the Commission. The measure also requires the Commission to define \"sensitive health care services.\" The measure will take effect 90 days after the Commission has adopted the required regulations. The measure is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care."
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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 807"
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citation: "Virginia HB 807 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Karrie K. Delaney"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2020-01-07"
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last_action: "2020-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea5bc232-1206-478f-8912-b827ca8e8baf"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB807"
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source_hash: "97bc87f99a48e57ea0226c08befb468588f593cedb275f9e1793bbddc77fc67c"
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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 807 (2020) — Health care; explanation of benefits, sensitive health care services.
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Health care services; explanation of benefits. Requires health carriers and Medicaid managed care organizations to provide an explanation of benefits to covered persons or recipients. The measure requires the State Corporation Commission to adopt regulations that establish alternative methods of delivery of the explanation of benefits that permit the receipt of an explanation of benefits by an alternative method, provided that such alternative method is in compliance with the provisions of federal regulations regarding the right to request privacy protection for protected health information. The measure requires health carriers and Medicaid managed care organizations to take all reasonable actions to ensure that their internal processes and systems prohibit the identification or description of sensitive health care services in their explanations of benefits. The measure requires a health carrier that requires a covered person to make a request for confidential communications in writing in accordance with federal law to accept the form of the explanation of benefits approved by the Commission. The measure also requires the Commission to define "sensitive health care services." The measure will take effect 90 days after the Commission has adopted the required regulations. The measure is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care.
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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 (CHAP0715)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0715)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB807ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB807ER)
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3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB807E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB807E)
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4. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB807S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB807S1)
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5. **Impact statement from SCC (HB807)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB807)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment (20-Y 0-N) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Karrie K. Delaney — primary (person)
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- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104454D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-21** Impact statement from SCC (HB807)
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- **2020-01-21** Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-01-24** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-24** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2020-01-24** Engrossed by House as amended HB807E
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- **2020-01-24** Printed as engrossed 20104454D-E
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- **2020-01-27** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-01-27** VOTE: (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-28** Impact statement from SCC (HB807E)
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- **2020-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-01-28** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-05** Impact statement from DPB (HB807E)
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- **2020-02-17** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-17** Committee substitute printed 20108458D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2020-02-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-20** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2020-02-20** Committee substitute agreed to 20108458D-S1
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- **2020-02-20** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB807S1
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- **2020-02-20** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-24** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-24** Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108458D-S1 (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-24** VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-26** Impact statement from SCC (HB807S1)
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- **2020-02-28** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-28** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-02** Impact statement from SCC (HB807ER)
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- **2020-03-02** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2020
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- **2020-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 715 (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/ea5bc232-1206-478f-8912-b827ca8e8baf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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