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Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1526: Health insurance; prior authorization, required contract provisions.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1526 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 27, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Health insurance; prior authorization, required contract provisions. Primary sponsor: Buddy Fowler (Republican). Most recent recorded action (February 18, 2026): Left in Labor and Commerce.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Health insurance; prior authorization; required contract provisions; work group. Requires any provider contract between a carrier and a participating health care provider or its contracting agent to contain specific provisions that (i) require a carrier to establish and maintain a prior authorization application program interface for processing prior authorization requests and (ii) require a participating health care provider to ensure that any electronic health record or health information technology system owned by or contracted for the provider to maintain the health record of an enrollee has the ability to access such application program interface. The bill amends requirements for the existing work group on electronic prior authorization.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Buddy FowlerPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse59

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Left in Labor and Commerce
  2. Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
  3. Unanimous consent to introduce
  4. Presented and ordered printed 26106004D

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source