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Virginia bills · 2026 Regular Session

Virginia HB 736

Health insurance; required provisions regarding prior authorization for prescription drugs.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To Governor
  6. Became law

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Cosponsors (1)

Summary

Official abstract published by the Virginia legislature· SUMMARY AS PASSED

Health insurance; carrier contracts; required provisions regarding prior authorization for prescription drugs. Amends existing required provisions for health carrier contracts related to prior authorizations for prescription drugs. Current law requires that if prior authorization is approved for prescription drugs and such prescription drugs have been scheduled, provided, or delivered to the patient consistent with the authorization, health carriers may not revoke, limit, condition, modify, or restrict that authorization except in certain circumstances. The bill requires this limitation on carriers to apply for the duration of the authorization, which the bill requires to be a minimum of six months for initial authorizations and a minimum of 12 months for continued authorizations. The bill adds circumstances under which a prior authorization may be revoked, limited, conditioned, modified, or restricted by a carrier, including (i) a final action by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, other regulatory agencies, or the manufacturer communicating a patient efficacy issue that would affect the authorization and (ii) when additional safety and efficacy monitoring is clinically appropriate or recommended by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, other regulatory agencies, or the manufacturer.

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Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 8:04 PM.

DateVoteResultYour legislators
Mar 5, 2026
Senate		Passage RpassSet your home in Virginia to see
Mar 4, 2026
Senate		Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading)passSet your home in Virginia to see
Mar 2, 2026
Senate		Reported from Commerce and LaborpassSet your home in Virginia to see
Feb 17, 2026
House		H VOTE:passSet your home in Virginia to see
Feb 13, 2026
House		Subcommittee recommends reportingpassSet your home in Virginia to see
Feb 13, 2026
House		Reported from AppropriationspassSet your home in Virginia to see
Feb 5, 2026
House		Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s)passSet your home in Virginia to see
Feb 3, 2026
House		Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s)passSet your home in Virginia to see

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