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type: "Bill"
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title: "Health insurance; pharmacy benefits managers, definition of \"covered entity.\""
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description: "Health insurance; pharmacy benefits managers; definition of covered entity. Removes hospitals, as defined in existing law, from the exemption to the definition of covered entity for the purposes of existing law relating to pharmacy benefits managers. This bill is identical to SB 1311."
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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 2392"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2392 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mark D. Sickles"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2025-01-08"
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last_action: "2025-03-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12d1e195-36ba-45e7-8330-7150337eec04"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2392"
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source_hash: "0c47bf17fe88d4bf1e4827567c0fa92c006b162544d583be5416439426fac5c6"
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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 2392 (2025) — Health insurance; pharmacy benefits managers, definition of "covered entity."
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Health insurance; pharmacy benefits managers; definition of covered entity. Removes hospitals, as defined in existing law, from the exemption to the definition of covered entity for the purposes of existing law relating to pharmacy benefits managers. This bill is identical to SB 1311.
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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/1016628.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074352.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1052428.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Mark D. Sickles — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101217D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-08** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-21** Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-01-29** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2392)
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- **2025-01-30** Reported from Labor and Commerce (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 and engrossed `reading-2`
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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 (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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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** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-18** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-02-18** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2392ER) `passage`
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- **2025-02-18** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2392)
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- **2025-02-18** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-03** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 413 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0413)
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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/12d1e195-36ba-45e7-8330-7150337eec04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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