Health Insurance - Step Therapy or Fail-First Protocol and Prior Authorization - Revisions
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
Mar 2023
House of Delegates Passage
Apr 2023
Senate Passage
Apr 2023
Signed into Law
May 2023
Introduced Feb 8, 2023
Signed May 3, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Apr 5, 2023 · House of Delegates Mar 20, 2023
How they voted
46–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 47
Apr 5, 2023
D
Democratic34
100% Yea
R
Republican13
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
8
Committee
6
May 3, 2023
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 365
executive
Apr 5, 2023
Lower · Passed
Returned Passed
lower
Apr 5, 2023
Upper · Passed
Third Reading Passed
upper
Mar 31, 2023
Upper · Passed
Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
upper
Mar 31, 2023
Upper · Passed
Favorable Report by Finance
upper
Mar 20, 2023
Committee
Referred Finance
upper
Mar 20, 2023
Lower · Passed
Third Reading Passed
lower
Mar 17, 2023
Lower · Passed
Favorable with Amendments {
lower
Mar 17, 2023
Lower · Passed
Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
lower
Feb 8, 2023
Committee
First Reading Health and Government Operations
lower
19 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Anne Kaiser
DDemocratic
P
Ashanti Martínez
DDemocratic
P
Bonnie Cullison
DDemocratic
P
Brian Chisholm
RRepublican
P
Deni Taveras
DDemocratic
P
Guy Guzzone
DDemocratic
P
Harry Bhandari
DDemocratic
P
Heather Bagnall Tudball
DDemocratic
P
Jennifer White Holland
DDemocratic
P
Joseline Peña-Melnyk
DDemocratic
P
Kathy Szeliga
RRepublican
P
Ken Kerr
DDemocratic
P
Lesley Lopez
DDemocratic
P
Robbyn Lewis
DDemocratic
P
Sandy Rosenberg
DDemocratic
P
Teresa Reilly
RRepublican
P
Terri Hill
DDemocratic
P
Tiffany Alston
DDemocratic
P
Tom Hutchinson
RRepublican
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