Healthcare

signed · Virginia · House of Delegates Apr 8, 2026

HB 1147: Medicine and Nursing, Boards of; continuing education, bias reduction training.

Board of Medicine and Board of Nursing; continuing education; bias reduction training. Directs the Board of Medicine and Board of Nursing to require certain licensees to complete continuing learning activities on bias reduction in health care as part of their continuing education and continuing competency requirements for licensure and authorizes the Board of Nursing to require certain continuing learning activities or courses in a specific subject area. Under current law, the Board of Medicine has such authority. This bill is identical to SB 22.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareMandates bias reduction training for healthcare licensees, improving patient care quality and addressing discrimination in health services.95% confidence | Rep's Stance ✗ Voted No ✗ Opposes Healthcare

signed · Virginia · Senate Apr 8, 2026

SB 596: Contraception; definitions, establishes right to obtain, applicability, enforcement.

Contraception; right to contraception; applicability; enforcement. Establishes a right to obtain contraceptives and engage in contraception, as such terms are defined in the bill. The bill clarifies that none of its provisions shall be construed to permit or sanction the performance of any sterilization procedure without a patient's voluntary and informed consent. The bill creates a cause of action that may be instituted against anyone who infringes on such right. This bill is identical to HB 6.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareEstablishes legal right to contraceptives, protecting access to a core healthcare service and patient rights per bill's enforcement provisions.95% confidence | Rep's Stance ✗ Voted No ✗ Opposes Healthcare

signed · Virginia · House of Delegates Apr 8, 2026

HB 257: Comprehensive plan; social determinants of health.

Comprehensive plan; social determinants of health. Encourages localities to utilize relevant and available data and research related to social determinants of health to consider how the locality's adopted comprehensive plan will impact the locality's overall public health and access to health care services.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareEncourages data-driven planning to improve public health and health care access, aligning with supportive indicators.85% confidence | Rep's Stance ✗ Voted No ✗ Opposes Healthcare

signed · Virginia · Senate Apr 8, 2026

SB 22: Medicine and Nursing, Boards of; continuing education, bias reduction training.

Board of Medicine and Board of Nursing; continuing education; bias reduction training. Directs the Board of Medicine and Board of Nursing to require certain licensees to complete continuing learning activities on implicit and explicit bias reduction in health care as part of their continuing education and continuing competency requirements for licensure and authorizes the Board of Nursing to require certain continuing learning activities or courses in a specific subject area. Under current law, the Board of Medicine has such authority.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareMandates bias reduction training for medical/nursing licensees to improve patient care quality and address healthcare disparities, aligning with support indicators like improved access and patient rights.90% confidence | Rep's Stance ✗ Voted No ✗ Opposes Healthcare

signed · Virginia · House of Delegates Apr 8, 2026

HB 6: Contraception; definitions, establishes right to obtain, applicability, enforcement.

Contraception; right to contraception; applicability; enforcement. Establishes a right to obtain contraceptives and engage in contraception, as such terms are defined in the bill. The bill clarifies that none of its provisions shall be construed to permit or sanction the performance of any sterilization procedure without a patient's voluntary and informed consent. The bill creates a cause of action that may be instituted against anyone who infringes on such right. This bill is identical to SB 596.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareEstablishes right to contraceptives, protecting patient access to reproductive healthcare services, aligning with healthcare access and rights indicators.95% confidence | Rep's Stance ✗ Voted No ✗ Opposes Healthcare

signed · Virginia · House of Delegates Apr 6, 2026

HB 232: Collaborative agreements; removes registered nurses from list of practitioners, etc.

Collaborative agreements; practitioners; diagnosis. Removes registered nurses from the list of practitioners whose diagnoses may form the basis of drug therapy conducted pursuant to a collaborative agreement between a practitioner and a pharmacist.

Topics ✗ HealthcareOpposes HealthcareRemoves registered nurses from collaborative agreements enabling drug therapy, restricting their scope of practice and limiting provider access in healthcare delivery.85% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✗ Opposes Healthcare

signed · Virginia · House of Delegates Apr 6, 2026

HB 452: Practice of radiologic technology; licensure exceptions, sunset.

Practice of radiologic technology; licensure exceptions. Permits a person employed or engaged by a hospital, health system, or urgent care center that is affiliated with a hospital or health care system to practice within the scope of his employment as a radiologic technologist, radiologic assistant, or radiologic technologist, limited without obtaining a license. Under current law, such exception only applies to radiologic technologists who are employees of a hospital. The bill exempts the initial promulgation of regulations pursuant to the bill by the Board of Medicine from the requirements of the Administrative Process Act. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2029.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareExpands scope for radiologic staff in hospitals/urgent care without licenses, improving access to diagnostic services per bill's licensure exception expansion.85% confidence | Rep's Stance ✗ Voted No ✗ Opposes Healthcare

signed · Virginia · House of Delegates Mar 31, 2026

HB 220: Health insurance; tobacco surcharge.

Health insurance; tobacco surcharge. Eliminates the authority of a health carrier to vary its premium rates based on tobacco use. Under current law, a health carrier may charge premium rates up to 1.5 times higher for a tobacco user than for a nonuser. The provisions of the bill apply to health benefit plans providing individual or small group health insurance coverage entered into, amended, extended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2027.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareEliminates tobacco-based premium surcharges, making health insurance more accessible and affordable for tobacco users by removing a cost barrier.90% confidence | Rep's Stance ✗ Voted No ✗ Opposes Healthcare

signed · Virginia · Senate Mar 31, 2026

SB 630: Health insurance; tobacco surcharge.

Health insurance; tobacco surcharge. Eliminates the authority of a health carrier to vary its premium rates based on tobacco use. Under current law, a health carrier may charge premium rates up to 1.5 times higher for a tobacco user than for a nonuser. The provisions of the bill apply to health benefit plans providing individual or small group health insurance coverage entered into, amended, extended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2027. This bill is identical to HB 220.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareEliminates tobacco surcharge, preventing higher premiums for users and improving insurance affordability/access for all enrollees.95% confidence | Rep's Stance ✗ Voted No ✗ Opposes Healthcare

passed both · Virginia · House of Delegates Mar 31, 2026

HJ 1: Constitutional amendment (second reference); fundamental right to reproductive freedom.

Constitutional amendment (second reference); fundamental right to reproductive freedom. Provides that every individual has the fundamental right to reproductive freedom and that such right shall not be, directly or indirectly, denied, burdened, or infringed upon unless justified by a compelling state interest, as defined in the amendment, and achieved by the least restrictive means. The amendment specifies that, notwithstanding the other provisions of the amendment, the Commonwealth may regulate the provision of abortion care in the third trimester, provided that in no circumstance shall the Commonwealth prohibit an abortion (i) that in the professional judgment of a physician is medically indicated to protect the life or physical or mental health of the pregnant individual or (ii) when in the professional judgment of a physician the fetus is not viable.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareBill establishes constitutional protection for reproductive freedom, preventing restrictions on reproductive health services, directly aligning with patient rights protection in healthcare.95% confidence | Rep's Stance ✗ Voted No ✗ Opposes Healthcare

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