Virginia House Bill 2219 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 18 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-03-18 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0229)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Pharmacies; freedom of choice. Provides that no insurance carrier, corporation providing preferred provider subscription contracts, or health maintenance organization providing health care plans or its pharmacy benefits manager shall prohibit a covered individual from selecting the pharmacy of his choice to furnish specialty pharmaceutical benefits under the covered individual's policy. The bill provides that no pharmacy that meets the terms and conditions of participation shall be precluded from obtaining a direct service agreement or participating provider agreement and that any request for such agreement by a pharmacy shall be acted upon by a carrier, corporation, or organization or its pharmacy benefits manager within 60 days of receiving the request. Pharmacies; freedom of choice. Provides that no insurance carrier, corporation providing preferred provider subscription contracts, or health maintenance organization providing health care plans or its pharmacy benefits manager shall prohibit a covered individual from selecting the pharmacy of his choice to furnish specialty pharmaceutical benefits under the covered individual's policy. The bill provides that no pharmacy that meets the terms and conditions of participation shall be precluded from obtaining a direct service agreement or participating provider agreement and that any request for such agreement by a pharmacy shall be acted upon by a carrier, corporation, or organization or its pharmacy benefits manager within 60 days of receiving the request.

Pharmacies; freedom of choice by covered individual.

Del. Keith Hodges [R]

2021-02-18 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-18 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-18 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-02-17 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-17 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) (Y: 16 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-15 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-05 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-02 - House - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-01-28 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-18		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0229)
2021-03-18		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 229 (effective 7/1/21)
2021-02-25		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
2021-02-25	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
2021-02-24	House	Signed by Speaker
2021-02-22	Senate	Signed by President
2021-02-22	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2219ER)
2021-02-22	House	Enrolled
2021-02-18	Senate	Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2021-02-18	Senate	Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2021-02-18	Senate	Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
2021-02-18	Senate	Read third time
2021-02-17	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
2021-02-17	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2021-02-15	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2021-02-15	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
2021-02-05	Senate	Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
2021-02-05	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2021-02-05	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2021-02-05	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
2021-02-05	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
2021-02-04	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2219H1
2021-02-04	House	Committee substitute agreed to 21103810D-H1
2021-02-04	House	Read second time
2021-02-03	House	Read first time
2021-02-02	House	Committee substitute printed 21103810D-H1
2021-02-02	House	Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
2021-01-28	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
2021-01-19	House	Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2
2021-01-13	House	Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
2021-01-13	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102194D

HB2219 (Carry Over) 2021-02-05 - Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
38	2	4312.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2219
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2219+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2219H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2219ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0229+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+HB2219F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+HB2219FH1122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+HB2219FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H1402C0012+HB2219
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H14C0108+HB2219
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+HC1470+HB2219
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S02C0085+HB2219
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S02V0030+HB2219
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S05V0056+HB2219
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SV0114HB2219+HB2219
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SV0136HB2219+HB2219
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SV0137HB2219+HB2219
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SV0138HB2219+HB2219