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Health insurance; coverage for prescription and nonprescription opioid antagonists. Requires each health insurer, corporation providing health care subscription plans, and health maintenance organization whose policy, contract, or plan includes coverage for prescription drugs to include coverage for (i) at least one other opioid antagonist used for overdose reversal dispensed pursuant to an oral, written, or standing order of a prescriber on the lowest cost tier of the insurer's, corporation's, or health maintenance organization's prescription drug formulary and (ii) at least one nonprescription opioid antagonist used for overdose reversal that is available over the counter. The bill provides that such coverage shall be exempt from any prior authorization or step therapy requirement on coverage of benefits. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care.
Introduced
Jan 13, 2026
Last Action
Mar 12, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 0 co
Senate substitute agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N 0-A)
Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Read third time
Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to
Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Rules suspended
Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB795)
Senate committee offered
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
Committee substitute printed 26109503D-S1
Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A)
Read second time
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
committee substitute agreed to
Read first time
Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB795)
Committee substitute printed 26107033D-H1
Assigned HAPP sub: Compensation and Retirement
Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
House subcommittee offered
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N)
Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #1
Referred from Health and Human Services and referred to Labor and Commerce (Voice Vote)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB795)
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104745D
Get a plain-English explanation of what this bill does, who it affects, and why it matters.
Senate substitute agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N 0-A)
Atoosa R. Reaser