Virginia Senate Bill 1262 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Passed on March 23 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-03-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0516)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Health insurance plans and programs; preauthorization for drug benefits. Requires certain health insurance contracts under which an insurance carrier or its intermediary has the right or obligation to require preauthorization for a drug benefit to include provisions governing the preauthorization process. Required provisions address (i) acceptance by carriers of telephonic, facsimile, or electronic submission of prior authorization requests that are delivered from e-prescribing systems, electronic health record systems, and health information exchange platforms that utilize certain standards; (ii) time limits for communicating to the prescriber that a request is approved, denied, or requires supplementation; (iii) providing reasons for denial of a request; (iv) honoring a prior authorization approved by another carrier; (v) use of a tracking system for prior authorization requests; and (vi) making formularies, drug benefits subject to prior authorization, prior authorization procedures, and certain forms available through the carrier's website. The measure also requires certain organizations to convene a workgroup to identify common evidence-based parameters for carrier approval of certain prescription drugs.

Health insurance; carrier business practices.

Sen. Stephen Newman [R]

Sen. John Watkins [R]

2015-02-24 - Senate - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-23 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-17 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 23 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-02 - 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
2015-03-23		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0516)
2015-03-23		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 516 (effective 7/1/15)
2015-03-04		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015
2015-03-04	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/4/15
2015-02-27	Senate	Signed by President
2015-02-27	House	Signed by Speaker
2015-02-27	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1262ER)
2015-02-27	Senate	Enrolled
2015-02-24	Senate	Title replaced 15105083D-H1
2015-02-24	Senate	House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2015-02-23	House	VOTE: PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
2015-02-23	House	Passed House with substitute (97-Y 0-N)
2015-02-23	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1262H1
2015-02-23	House	Committee substitute agreed to 15105083D-H1
2015-02-23	House	Read third time
2015-02-20	House	Passed by for the day
2015-02-19	House	Passed by for the day
2015-02-18	House	Read second time
2015-02-17	House	Committee substitute printed 15105083D-H1
2015-02-17	House	Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
2015-02-09	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2015-02-09	House	Read first time
2015-02-09	House	Placed on Calendar
2015-02-05	Senate	Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N)
2015-02-05	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2015-02-05	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1262S1
2015-02-05	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 15103744D-S1
2015-02-05	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2015-02-05	Senate	Read second time
2015-02-04	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
2015-02-02	Senate	Committee substitute printed 15103744D-S1
2015-02-02	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
2015-01-14	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2015-01-14	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15101826D

HB1942 (Same As) 2015-03-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0515)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	2818	(n/a)	See Bill Text
32	1	325	(n/a)	See Bill Text
32	1	330.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	3407.15:2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+sum+SB1262
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+SB1262+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+SB1262S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+SB1262H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+SB1262ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+CHAP0516+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+S02V0041+SB1262
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+SV0270SB1262+SB1262
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+SV0271SB1262+SB1262
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+SV0243SB1262+SB1262
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+H14V0152+SB1262
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+HV2608+SB1262
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+SV0771SB1262+SB1262