Labor and Commerce Subcommittee #1

Tuesday, January 20, 2026·1h 11m·▶ Watch / Listen

Virginia's Labor and Commerce Subcommittee #1 advanced four bills — on PrEP insurance discrimination, tobacco surcharges, retail franchise non-competes, and underinsured motorist service requirements — while laying three insurance mandate bills on the table with referrals to HERC for further analysis, and taking two bills by for the day.

Key Actions

·HB184 – Taken by for the dayNo Vote

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Controversies

HB216 – Whether HERC referral is necessary for prosthetics coverage bill

Peter Thomas of the National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics argued 'There is no reason that this should be viewed as a benefit that would be a new mandate. It should not have to be defrayed by the state. This is an existing essential health benefit under the ACA law and it applies.' Delegate Sullivan stated 'Despite the testimony of the last witness, I do think the proper approach here is to send this to Herc for that analysis,' and moved to lay the bill on the table.

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Notable Quotes

“From 2012 to 2022, the average PrEP coverage across the US increased significantly from 0.6% to 26.3. And states, including here in Virginia, that had higher PrEP coverage experienced greater decreases in HIV diagnosis.”
Narissa Rahman, Executive Director of Equality Virginia — Rahman was testifying in support of House Bill 60, which would prohibit insurance companies from denying coverage or charging higher rates solely because a person uses PrEP, the medication that prevents HIV.

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Votes

HB184 and HB190 — taken by for the dayNo Vote

House Bill 60 — reported outPassed

House Bill 220 — reported outPassed

House Bill 216 — laid on the table with letter to HERCPassed

HB69 — reported outPassed

HB 64 — laid on the table with letter to HERC for step two analysisPassed

HB90 — laid on the table with letter to HERC for reviewPassed

House Bill 107 — reported outPassed

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TranscriptPreview

All right, we're going to call the committee meeting to order. Good afternoon and welcome, everyone. I see we have lots of visitors today. Appreciate your participation and attendance in these important conversations. I'm going to get just one little thing out of the way. Administratively. We have two bills that we're going to take by for the day. HB184 carried by delegate helmer and HB190 carried by delegate Converse Fowler. And that requires a voice vote. Second. Thank you. All in favor say Aye. Okay. All opposed? All right, we will take those two, two bills by for the day. Thank you. All right, first up, we're going to do a couple things out of order. We've got some folks who have some pressing places they need to be. And to help schedule for that, we're going to take the first three out of order. We're going to have Chair Ward, Delegate Hope and Delegate Helmer and then we will proceed with the rest of the. With the calendar schedule. Chair Ward. Thank you, Madam Chair. Members of the subcommittee, my bill is House Bill 60. And what this bill does is the bill makes it illegal for insurance…

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