Health insurance; cost-sharing payments for insulin and diabetes equipment and supplies, limit.
Summary
Health insurance; cost-sharing payments for insulin and diabetes equipment and supplies; limit. Decreases the cap on the cost-sharing payment that a covered person is required to pay for a covered prescription insulin drug from $50 to $35 for a 30-day supply of the prescription insulin drug and provides such cap is an aggregate cap that applies in situations where the covered person is prescribed more than one insulin drug. The bill also establishes such an aggregate cap of $35 for a 30-day supply of diabetes equipment and supplies.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 14, 2026
Signed Apr 13, 2026
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Apr 13, 2026
MINOR
The bill was formally enacted into law, changing its status from a proposed introduction to an official Virginia Act. The substantive policy content regarding insulin and diabetes coverage limits remained unchanged, but the text includes formatting artifacts from the legislative process.
Scope change
The bill's scope and applicability remain identical to the introduced version; it now carries the legal force of an enrolled act.
TIMELINE
The document status changed from 'Introduced' and 'Referred to Committee' to 'Enrolled' and 'Approved', indicating the bill has passed all legislative stages and become law.
TECHNICAL
The text contains formatting artifacts, such as repeated plus signs and misaligned line breaks, which are remnants of the legislative markup process rather than intentional policy changes.
The header information was updated to reflect the official 'Virginia Acts of Assembly' format, including the bill number [H 1214] and approval date.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 11, 2026 · House of Delegates Feb 11, 2026
How they voted
39–0
Passed
Total votes 39
Mar 11, 2026
D
Democratic20
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
33
Key actions
15
Committee
7
Amendments
3
Apr 13, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 752 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive
Mar 31, 2026
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 30, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 30, 2026
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1214ER)
lower
Mar 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
Senate amendment agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
lower
Mar 11, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with amendment Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
upper
Mar 11, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with amendment Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
upper
Mar 11, 2026
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Mar 11, 2026
Upper · Passed
Commerce and Labor Amendment agreed to
upper
Mar 10, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
upper
Mar 9, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Mar 9, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate committee offered
upper
Feb 12, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
upper
Feb 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
lower
Feb 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A)
lower
Feb 5, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 3, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 27, 2026
Committee
Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Jan 14, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
lower
1 primary · 5 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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