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type: "Bill"
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title: "Medicaid; expedited review process for service authorization requests, report."
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description: "Department of Medical Assistance Services; expedited review process for Medicaid service authorization requests; report. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to (i) implement expedited review of Medicaid service authorization requests consistent with applicable federal law and (ii) annually transmit the prior authorization report required by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to the Chairs of the House Committees on Appropriations and Health and Human Services and the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and Education and Health."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 1452"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1452 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bonita G. Anthony"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2026-01-23"
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last_action: "2026-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a5f27e6-a959-4bd4-9bee-27aee09d7aec"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1452"
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source_hash: "8dfa4b47f36e798a07f0b8883c777aab405a8a0cc0d4fb7a233b08347ce896d4"
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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 1452 (2026) — Medicaid; expedited review process for service authorization requests, report.
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Department of Medical Assistance Services; expedited review process for Medicaid service authorization requests; report. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to (i) implement expedited review of Medicaid service authorization requests consistent with applicable federal law and (ii) annually transmit the prior authorization report required by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to the Chairs of the House Committees on Appropriations and Health and Human Services and the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and Education and Health.
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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/1094933.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217374.PDF)
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3. **Health and Human Services Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1143275.PDF)
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4. **Social Services Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1132654.PDF)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194243.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **7–1** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute — **17–3** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bonita G. Anthony — primary (person)
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- Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
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- Charlie Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicole Cole — cosponsor (person)
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- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-23** Presented and ordered printed 26104871D `introduction`
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- **2026-01-23** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-30** Assigned sub: Social Services `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-03** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1452)
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- **2026-02-05** House subcommittee offered
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- **2026-02-05** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-10** Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (17-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-10** Reconsidered by Health and Human Services (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-12** House committee offered
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- **2026-02-12** Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-12** Committee substitute printed 26107855D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-13** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1452)
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- **2026-02-15** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-16** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
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- **2026-02-16** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-24** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-26** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-27** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-27** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-27** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-02** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-09** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-09** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1452ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-09** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1452)
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- **2026-03-09** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-09** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 314 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0314)
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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/9a5f27e6-a959-4bd4-9bee-27aee09d7aec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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