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type: "Bill"
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title: "Health insurance; reimbursement for services rendered by certain practitioners, etc."
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description: "Health insurance; reimbursement for services rendered by certain practitioners other than physicians. Requires health insurers and health service plan providers whose policies or contracts cover services that may be legally performed by a licensed certified midwife or licensed midwife to provide equal coverage for such services. The bill requires the reimbursement for a service provided by a licensed certified midwife or licensed midwife to be in the same amount as the reimbursement paid under the policy to a certified nurse midwife performing such service in the area served, subject to certain conditions."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 1923"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1923 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jeion A. Ward"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 55
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vote_count: 16
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first_action: "2025-01-06"
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last_action: "2025-05-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c58332f-231b-484a-95bb-baf4f51137fb"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1923"
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source_hash: "b975748e423a5940ee46e47088f97e8376202b7e52d465dc92d5cc5d18d51374"
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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 1923 (2025) — Health insurance; reimbursement for services rendered by certain practitioners, etc.
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Health insurance; reimbursement for services rendered by certain practitioners other than physicians. Requires health insurers and health service plan providers whose policies or contracts cover services that may be legally performed by a licensed certified midwife or licensed midwife to provide equal coverage for such services. The bill requires the reimbursement for a service provided by a licensed certified midwife or licensed midwife to be in the same amount as the reimbursement paid under the policy to a certified nurse midwife performing such service in the area served, subject to certain conditions.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1014045.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079943.PDF)
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3. **Commerce and Labor Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1046153.PDF)
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4. **Conference Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1066667.HTML)
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5. **Governor's Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073874.HTML)
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6. **Labor and Commerce Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1025095.PDF)
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7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1068832.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed in enrolled form (70-Y 24-N) — **70–24** (pass) · lower
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- House rejected Governor's recommendation (14-Y 81-N) — **14–81** (fail) · lower
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Conference report agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and rereferred to Appropriations (5-Y 2-N) — **5–2** (pass) · lower
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- Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 96-N) — **0–96** (fail) · lower
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- Senate insisted on amendment (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute and rereferred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Jeion A. Ward — primary (person)
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- Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
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- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
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- Candi Mundon King — cosponsor (person)
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- Chris Obenshain — cosponsor (person)
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- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
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- Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
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- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
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- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
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- Ian T. Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
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- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
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- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
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- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael J. Jones — cosponsor (person)
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- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
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- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
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- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
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- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
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- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
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- Wren M. Williams — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25100572D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-06** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-14** Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-21** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referred to Appropriations (5-Y 2-N) `substitution`
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- **2025-01-23** Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-23** Committee substitute printed 25105490D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2025-01-24** Assigned Approps sub: Health & Human Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-01-31** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-03** Labor and Commerce Substitute agreed to
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- **2025-02-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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- **2025-02-04** Passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-10** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-10** Committee substitute printed 25107039D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2025-02-12** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-12** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-13** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2025-02-13** Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to
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- **2025-02-13** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-02-13** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-17** Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 96-N)
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- **2025-02-18** Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2025-02-18** Senate requested conference committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-19** House acceded to request
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- **2025-02-19** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2025-02-19** Delegates: Ward, Mundon King, Webert
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- **2025-02-20** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2025-02-20** Senators: Surovell, Locke, Stanley
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- **2025-02-21** Amended by conference committee
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- **2025-02-21** Conference report agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-21** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-04** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1923)
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- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1923ER) `passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-12** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1923)
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- **2025-03-24** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
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- **2025-04-02** House rejected Governor's recommendation (14-Y 81-N) `veto-override-passage`
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- **2025-04-02** Passed in enrolled form (70-Y 24-N) `committee-passage-favorable, enrolled`
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- **2025-04-02** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-04-02** Communicated to Governor
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- **2025-04-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 2, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 695 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0695)
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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/1c58332f-231b-484a-95bb-baf4f51137fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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