Public Comments for 02/24/2026 Labor and Commerce - Subcommittee #1
SB166 - Insurance; contingent deferred annuities, nonforfeiture benefits.
SB257 - Health insurance; requirements for certain opioid antagonists.
SB361 - Health insurance; coverage for contraceptive drugs & devices, including over-the-counter.
The League of Women Voters of Virginia supports SB361. Contraception is an integral part of comprehensive health care going far beyond pregnancy prevention. The League believes that contraceptives should be accessible to all. Eliminating burdensome co-pays, cost-sharing, reimbursement requirements and coverage delays will decrease barriers to the use of contraception and increase reproductive health equity in Virginia. Accessible contraception is critical for a range of healthcare needs in addition to preventing pregnancy, such as hormonal regulation, endometriosis, uterine fibroids and ovarian cysts, to name a few. SB361 would enhance access to this essential care and we urge you to support it.
The League of Women Voters of Virginia supports SB 361. Contraception is an integral part of comprehensive health care. We believe that contraceptives should be accessible to all. Eliminating burdensome co-pays, cost-sharing, reimbursement requirements, and coverage delays would help decrease barriers to utilization of contraception thus increasing reproductive health equity in Virginia. Accessible contraception is critical for a range of reasons including and beyond preventing pregnancy. This essential care includes treating a range of healthcare needs such as hormonal regulation, endometriosis, uterine fibroids, and ovarian cysts, just to name a few. We urge you to support SB361.
SB362 - Health insurance; coverage for donor human milk, penalties.
SB546 - Mortgages; annual notice of potential assumption required, delayed effective date.
SB593 - Health insurance; balance billing protection, emergency medical services vehicle transportation.
SB594 - Motor vehicle insurance; unauthorized addition of insured drivers prohibited.
SB622 - Title insurance; schedule of risk rates, policy rates.
SB642 - Health insurance; coverage of medications prescribed for treatment of cancer & diseases of blood.
Dear Chair Maldonado and Members of the House Labor and Commerce Subcommittee, On behalf of the Association for Clinical Oncology (ASCO), I submit a letter regarding SB 642. ASCO thanks the Subcommittee for your efforts this legislative session to protect patients from mandatory white bagging and all brown bagging policies. However, we urge you to amend SB 642 to fully ban mandatory white bagging and all brown bagging policies from insurers. Please let me know if you have any questions about cancer care, we'd be happy to be a resource. Best, Nick Telesco (he/him/his) Specialist, State Advocacy Association for Clinical Oncology 2318 Mill Road, Suite 800 Alexandria, VA 22314
SB164 - Health insurance; ethics and fairness in carrier business practices, downcoded claims.