republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-1162.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health insurance; discrimination prohibited against covered entities and contract pharmacies."
description: "Health insurance; discrimination prohibited against covered entities and contract pharmacies. Prohibits carriers and pharmacy benefits managers from discriminating in the requirements, exclusions, terms, or other conditions imposed on a covered entity or contract pharmacy on the basis that the entity or pharmacy is operating under the 340B Program of the federal Public Health Service Act. Such prohibition does not (i) apply to drugs with an annual estimated per-patient cost exceeding $250,000 or (ii) prohibit the identification of a 340B reimbursement request. The bill also prohibits a carrier or pharmacy benefits manager from interfering in a covered individual's right to choose a contract pharmacy or covered entity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1162"
citation: "Virginia HB 1162 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-14"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec825632-7aa0-403d-9023-a423df81587d"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB1162"
source_hash: "fa853894b6df0f41e51aa5d4b909ff9c1886958cd558dd7c8c01283156c877e6"
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 1162 (2022) — Health insurance; discrimination prohibited against covered entities and contract pharmacies.

Health insurance; discrimination prohibited against covered entities and contract pharmacies. Prohibits carriers and pharmacy benefits managers from discriminating in the requirements, exclusions, terms, or other conditions imposed on a covered entity or contract pharmacy on the basis that the entity or pharmacy is operating under the 340B Program of the federal Public Health Service Act. Such prohibition does not (i) apply to drugs with an annual estimated per-patient cost exceeding $250,000 or (ii) prohibit the identification of a 340B reimbursement request. The bill also prohibits a carrier or pharmacy benefits manager from interfering in a covered individual's right to choose a contract pharmacy or covered entity.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0319** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0319)
2. **HB1162ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1162ER)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 22103525D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1162)
4. **Printed as engrossed 22103525D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1162E)

## Votes

- Reported from Commerce and Energy with amendment(s) (12-Y 10-N) — **12–10** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (96-Y 3-N) — **95–3** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (10-Y 0-N) — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-14** Presented and ordered printed 22103525D `introduction`
- **2022-01-14** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-28** Assigned sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (10-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-08** Reported from Commerce and Energy with amendment(s) (12-Y 10-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-10** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-11** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-11** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2022-02-11** Engrossed by House as amended HB1162E
- **2022-02-11** Printed as engrossed 22103525D-E
- **2022-02-14** Read third time and passed House (96-Y 3-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-14** VOTE: Passage (96-Y 3-N)
- **2022-02-14** Impact statement from DPB (HB1162E)
- **2022-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-16** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-28** Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03** Reading of amendment waived
- **2022-03-03** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2022-03-03** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2022-03-03** Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Senate amendment agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-07** VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-10** Enrolled
- **2022-03-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-10** Signed by President
- **2022-03-11** Impact statement from DPB (HB1162ER)
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 319 (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/ec825632-7aa0-403d-9023-a423df81587d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).