republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/sb-427.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health insurance; provider credentialing, receipt of application."
description: "Health insurance; provider credentialing; receipt of application. Requires the protocols and procedures for the reimbursement of new provider applicants that are established by a carrier that credentials providers in its network to require that the carrier provide recognition or notification of receipt of such applicant's credentialing application (i) electronically if the carrier uses an online credentialing system for new provider applicants or (ii) by mail or electronic mail, as selected by the applicant, within 10 days of receiving the application if the carrier does not use an online credentialing system. This bill is identical to HB 773."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 427"
citation: "Virginia SB 427 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Siobhan S. Dunnavant"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0a6836e-744b-42d9-af7b-02a96a5620ab"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB427"
source_hash: "4e9194fa10bcd1fb0d52f0cdc78409efba7f80b63de7767875a707a027e06a0e"
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 SB 427 (2022) — Health insurance; provider credentialing, receipt of application.

Health insurance; provider credentialing; receipt of application. Requires the protocols and procedures for the reimbursement of new provider applicants that are established by a carrier that credentials providers in its network to require that the carrier provide recognition or notification of receipt of such applicant's credentialing application (i) electronically if the carrier uses an online credentialing system for new provider applicants or (ii) by mail or electronic mail, as selected by the applicant, within 10 days of receiving the application if the carrier does not use an online credentialing system. This bill is identical to HB 773.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0472** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0472)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22105107D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB427S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102417D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB427)
4. **SB427ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB427ER)

## Votes

- House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Energy with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Siobhan S. Dunnavant — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102417D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-01-24** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-24** Committee substitute printed 22105107D-S1 `substitution`
- **2022-01-26** Impact statement from DPB (SB427)
- **2022-01-26** Impact statement from DPB (SB427S1)
- **2022-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-01-27** Reading of substitute waived
- **2022-01-27** Committee substitute agreed to 22105107D-S1
- **2022-01-27** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB427S1
- **2022-01-28** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-21** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-21** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-21** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-22** Reported from Commerce and Energy with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-25** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2022-02-25** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2022-02-25** Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-25** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-01** House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-04** Enrolled
- **2022-03-04** Signed by President
- **2022-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (SB427ER)
- **2022-03-04** Signed by Speaker
- **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
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 472 (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/d0a6836e-744b-42d9-af7b-02a96a5620ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).