Virginia Senate Bill 1269 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Passed on March 11 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-03-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0067)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Health insurance; authorization of drug prescribed for the treatment of a mental disorder. Requires that any provider contract between a carrier and a participating health care provider with prescriptive authority, or its contracting agent, contain provisions that require, when a carrier has previously approved prior authorization for any drug prescribed for the treatment of a mental disorder listed in the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published by the American Psychiatric Association, no additional prior authorization can be required if (i) the drug is a covered benefit; (ii) the prescription does not exceed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration-labeled dosages; (iii) the prescription has been continuously issued for no fewer than three months; and (iv) the prescriber performs an annual review of the patient to evaluate the drug's continued efficacy, changes in the patient's health status, and potential contraindications. The bill provides that this requirement does not prohibit a carrier from requiring prior authorization for any drug that is not listed on its prescription drug formulary at the time the initial prescription is issued. The bill also requires that such provider contracts contain provisions requiring a carrier to honor a prior authorization issued by the carrier for a drug regardless of whether the drug is removed from the carrier's prescription drug formulary after the initial prescription for that drug is issued. Under the bill, provisions related to provider contracts and prior authorization shall apply to the state insurance health plan.

Health insurance; authorization of drug prescribed for the treatment of a mental disorder.

Sen. Jeremy McPike [D]

Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]

2021-02-16 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-02-11 - House - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-29 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-01-27 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-25 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-11		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0067)
2021-03-11		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 67 (effective 7/1/21)
2021-02-24		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
2021-02-24	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 24, 2021
2021-02-22	House	Signed by Speaker
2021-02-22	Senate	Signed by President
2021-02-19	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1269ER)
2021-02-19	Senate	Enrolled
2021-02-16	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
2021-02-16	House	Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2021-02-16	House	Read third time
2021-02-15	House	Read second time
2021-02-11	House	Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N)
2021-02-08	House	Continued to Special Session 1 in Labor and Commerce by voice vote
2021-02-02	House	Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
2021-02-02	House	Read first time
2021-02-02	House	Placed on Calendar
2021-01-29	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N)
2021-01-28	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1269S1
2021-01-28	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 21103534D-S1
2021-01-28	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2021-01-28	Senate	Read second time
2021-01-27	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2021-01-25	Senate	Committee substitute printed 21103534D-S1
2021-01-25	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
2021-01-12	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2021-01-12	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101311D

SB1269 (Carry Over) 2021-02-08 - Continued to Special Session 1 in Labor and Commerce by voice vote
HB2008 (Same As) 2021-03-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0066)
HB2008 (Same As) 2021-03-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0066)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
38	2	3407.15:2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1269
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1269+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1269S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1269ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0067+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+SB1269F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+SB1269FS1122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+SB1269FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S02C0026+SB1269
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SC0148SB1269+SB1269
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SC0168SB1269+SB1269
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H14V0003+SB1269
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+HV1588+SB1269