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SB790Introduced in the Senate

Health insurance; mandated benefits, coverage for treatment of menopause and perimenopause.

Passed

Introduced by Ryan McDougle, District 26

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Health insurance; mandated benefits; treatment of menopause and perimenopause. Requires each insurer proposing to issue individual or group accident and sickness insurance policies providing hospital, medical and surgical, or major medical coverage on an expense-incurred basis; each corporation providing individual or group accident and sickness subscription contracts; and each health maintenance organization providing a health care plan for health care services to provide coverage for medically necessary treatment and care for menopause and perimenopause, as described in the bill.

Where it stands

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0955)

April 13, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House of Delegates votes

3 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

5 recorded votes · each counted separately

SenateStage: House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · March 5, 2026

39

Yes

0

No

1

Absent or Not Voting

40 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Elizabeth Bennett-Parker5Yes
Michael Jones77Yes
Timmy French1Yes
Mark Obenshain2Yes
Chris Head3Yes
David Suetterlein4Yes
Travis Hackworth5Yes
Todd Pillion6Yes
William Stanley7Yes
Mark Peake8Yes

Bill history

  1. Presented and ordered printed 26104365D

  2. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor

  3. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB790)

  4. Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 0-N 1-A)

  5. Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)

  6. Committee substitute printed 26107293D-S1

  7. Rules suspended

  8. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  9. Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)

  10. Passed by for the day

  11. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB790)

  12. Read second time

  13. Commerce and Labor Amendment rejected

  14. Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to

  15. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote)

  16. Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  17. Placed on Calendar

  18. Read first time

  19. Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce

  20. Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #1

  21. Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)

  22. Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (21-Y 0-N)

  23. Committee substitute printed 26108621D-H1

  24. Read second time

  25. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB790)

  26. Read third time

  27. committee substitute agreed to

  28. Engrossed by House - committee substitute

  29. Passed House with substitute (97-Y 0-N 0-A)

  30. House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)

  31. Enrolled

  32. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB790ER)

  33. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB790)

  34. Signed by President

  35. Signed by Speaker

  36. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026

  37. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026

  38. Approved by Governor-Chapter 955 (effective 7/1/2026)

  39. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0955)

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