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Health insurance; carrier business practices; electronic attachments. Provides that, in the following contexts, information may be submitted by a provider to a health insurance carrier through electronic attachment, as defined in the bill: (i) information related to services rendered as required by the carrier in its provider contract; (ii) information related to any defect or impropriety that prevents the carrier from deeming a health insurance claim a clean claim, as defined in existing law; and (iii) information required to establish medical necessity, benefit coverage, or prior authorization of services, or to conduct reconsideration activities. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027. This bill is identical to HB 676.
Introduced
Jan 8, 2026
Last Action
Mar 10, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 0 co
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Signed by Speaker
Enrolled
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB172ER)
Signed by President
Read third time
Passed House (97-Y 1-N 0-A)
Read second time
Reported from Labor and Commerce (17-Y 3-N)
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
Placed on Calendar
Read first time
Read third time and passed Senate
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
Read second time
Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to
Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
Rules suspended
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Passed by for the day
Committee substitute printed 26106213D-S1
Senate committee offered
Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102798D
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
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Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Stella G. Pekarsky