Legislative Update for Virginia Diabetes Council
Friday March 7, 2025

Bill	Patron	Title	Synopsis	Upcoming Hearings	Status
HB 2258	Karrie K. Delaney	Bureau Of Insurance Of Scc; Step Therapy Protocols For Health Benefit Plans, Report.	Bureau of Insurance; step therapy protocols; study; report. Directs the Bureau of Insurance of the State Corporation Commission to study step therapy protocols for health benefit plans developed by insurance companies pursuant to existing law by conducting a data call of health carriers. The bill directs the Bureau to submit a summary and report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly by November 1, 2026.		S Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (2/19)
SB 1303	Jeremy S. McPike	Public Elementary And Secondary Schools; Diabetes Medical Care And Management In Public Schools.	School Health Services Committee; comprehensive review of student diabetes medical management plans; report. Requires the School Health Services Committee, in consultation with such interested stakeholders as it deems appropriate, to conduct a comprehensive review of a legislative proposal relating to student diabetes medical management plans contained in the amended substitute to Senate Bill 1303 (2025) offered to the House Committee on Education during the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly and to report to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health no later than November 1, 2025, any legislative recommendations that result from such review.		C Amended by conference committee (2/21)