New Virginia laws 2027: laws taking effect in Virginia in 2027

• 1 January 2027

  HB 1313: Workers' compensation; law-enforcement officers and firefighters, post-traumatic stress disorder.

  Requires workers' compensation coverage for law-enforcement officers and firefighters diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder from duty incidents without physical injury starting 1 January 2027.

• 1 January 2027

  HB 2099: Health insurance; required provisions regarding prior authorization for health care services.

• 1 January 2027

  HB 676: Health insurance claims; electronic attachments accepted, delayed effective date.

  Requires health insurance carriers to accept electronic attachments for claim documentation and prohibits requiring paper or facsimile submission when electronic submission is available.

• 1 January 2027

  HB 677: Residential property owners; insurance policies, roofing services by contractors.

  Insurers cannot refuse to renew or cancel homeowner insurance policies or increase premiums solely based on asphalt shingle roof age or condition, with limited exceptions, starting 1 January 2027.

• 1 January 2027

  SB 1215: Health insurance; required provisions regarding prior authorization for health care services.

  Requires health insurance carriers to include specific provisions in contracts with prescribers regarding prior authorization for drug benefits, including timeframes for approvals, denial reasons, and protections for approved authorizations.

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• 1 January 2027

  HB 2099: Health insurance; required provisions regarding prior authorization for health care services.

• 1 January 2027

  HB 676: Health insurance claims; electronic attachments accepted, delayed effective date.

  Requires health insurance carriers to accept electronic attachments for claim documentation and prohibits requiring paper or facsimile submission when electronic submission is available.

• 1 January 2027

  SB 1215: Health insurance; required provisions regarding prior authorization for health care services.

  Requires health insurance carriers to include specific provisions in contracts with prescribers regarding prior authorization for drug benefits, including timeframes for approvals, denial reasons, and protections for approved authorizations.

• 1 January 2027

  SB 171: Minor elementary or secondary school students admitted to inpatient treatment; discl. of discharge.

  Requires inpatient treatment facilities to provide discharge plans to parents and notify school mental health professionals or counselors if a minor student needs additional educational services or poses a threat of harm, unless the parent declines disclosure.

• 1 July 2027

  HB 1522: Nursing homes and assisted living facilities; licensure, automated external defibrillators.

  Requires nursing homes and assisted living facilities to maintain an automated external defibrillator and train staff to use it.

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• 1 January 2027

  HB 1313: Workers' compensation; law-enforcement officers and firefighters, post-traumatic stress disorder.

  Requires workers' compensation coverage for law-enforcement officers and firefighters diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder from duty incidents without physical injury starting 1 January 2027.

• 1 January 2027

  HB 20: Minimum wage; farm laborers or farm employees, temporary foreign workers.

  Requires farm laborers and temporary foreign workers to receive the state minimum wage starting 1 January 2027.

• 1 January 2027

  SB 121: Minimum wage; farm laborers or farm employees, temporary foreign workers.

  Exempts farm laborers, farm employees, and temporary foreign workers from the state minimum wage requirement.

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• 1 July 2027

  HB 1361: Virginia Residential Landlord & Tenant Act; civil action for unlawful detainer, termination notice.

  Landlords must provide tenants with proper termination notices before filing unlawful detainer actions, and nonpayment notices must include detailed billing statements and energy charge records starting 1 July 2027.

• 1 July 2027

  HB 616: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; tenant records.

  Requires landlords with four or more rental units or ten percent interest in multiple units to provide tenants with itemized statements of charges and payments within ten business days of written request, effective 1 July 2027.

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• 1 January 2027

  SB 553: Certain data from water users; water use consumption for domestic, etc., purposes, data centers.

  Requires water users to register annual water withdrawal and use data with the Board, including separate reporting of potable and reclaimed water provided to data centers and other categories, starting 1 January 2027.

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• 1 January 2027

  HB 1166: Financial institutions; check cashers, expiration of registration.

  Requires check cashers registered with the State Corporation Commission to pay annual registration fees by July 1 each year or have their registration automatically expire.

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