republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-1081.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health insurance; calculation of enrollee's contribution, high deductible health plan."
description: "Health insurance; calculation of enrollee's contribution; high deductible health plan. Provides that if the application of the requirement that a carrier, when calculating an enrollee's overall contribution to any out-of-pocket maximum or any cost-sharing requirement under a health plan, include any amounts paid by the enrollee or paid on behalf of the enrollee by another person results in a health plan's ineligibility to qualify as a Health Savings Account-qualified High Deductible Health Plan under the federal Internal Revenue Code, then such requirement shall not apply to such health plan with respect to the deductible of such health plan until the enrollee has satisfied the minimum deductible required by the federal Internal Revenue Code. The bill provides such limitation does not apply with respect to items or services that are considered preventive care. This bill is identical to SB 433."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1081"
citation: "Virginia HB 1081 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kathy J. Byron"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94486340-a7f6-4416-831b-6b0670ad21c2"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB1081"
source_hash: "4314872ffe2bdb0c8ae06cb419cbf51faf68f03ff970f46592d17734c6728801"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 1081 (2022) — Health insurance; calculation of enrollee's contribution, high deductible health plan.

Health insurance; calculation of enrollee's contribution; high deductible health plan. Provides that if the application of the requirement that a carrier, when calculating an enrollee's overall contribution to any out-of-pocket maximum or any cost-sharing requirement under a health plan, include any amounts paid by the enrollee or paid on behalf of the enrollee by another person results in a health plan's ineligibility to qualify as a Health Savings Account-qualified High Deductible Health Plan under the federal Internal Revenue Code, then such requirement shall not apply to such health plan with respect to the deductible of such health plan until the enrollee has satisfied the minimum deductible required by the federal Internal Revenue Code. The bill provides such limitation does not apply with respect to items or services that are considered preventive care. This bill is identical to SB 433.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0134** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0134)
2. **HB1081ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1081ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104149D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1081)
4. **Printed as engrossed 22104149D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1081E)

## Votes

- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Energy with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kathy J. Byron — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104149D `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-01-27** Reported from Commerce and Energy with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB1081)
- **2022-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-01** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2022-02-01** Engrossed by House as amended HB1081E
- **2022-02-01** Printed as engrossed 22104149D-E
- **2022-02-02** Impact statement from DPB (HB1081E)
- **2022-02-02** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-02** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-03** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-21** Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-24** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-28** Enrolled
- **2022-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB1081ER)
- **2022-02-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-02-28** Signed by President
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-07** Approved by Governor-Chapter 134 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94486340-a7f6-4416-831b-6b0670ad21c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).