VirginiaMedical malpractice information disclosures; report.
What it does
Medical malpractice information disclosures; report. Requires insurers who issue medical malpractice liability insurance polices covering health care providers in the Commonwealth to disclose, for the preceding calendar year, information regarding (i) premiums; (ii) claims activity; (iii) claim payments and litigation costs; and (iv) insurer financial condition. The bill further requires every hospital or health system licensed in the Commonwealth that maintains self-insurance, captive insurance, risk retention arrangements, or other retained financial risk for medical malpractice liability to disclose information regarding (a) the numbers of physicians and health care providers covered under the malpractice liability program; (b) claims activity; (c) malpractice expenditures; and (d) the total malpractice liability expenditures for the reporting year.
More detail
The bill further requires such insurers, hospitals, and health care systems to provide a list of verdicts during the reporting year in medical malpractice actions in which the jury verdict exceeded the medical malpractice limitation on recovery. The bill provides that such disclosures and information be submitted to the Chairs of the House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice and to the ranking Delegate and Senator of the minority party serving on such Committees on or before September 1, 2026, for the 2025 calendar year and on or before March 31 of each year thereafter for the preceding calendar year.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Apr 12Governor's recommendation received by Senate (SB536G)Latest
- Mar 31Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026To Governor
- Mar 31Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026Minor
- Mar 31Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Mar 31Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB536)
- Mar 30Signed by PresidentMajor
- Mar 30Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB536ER)Major
- Mar 30EnrolledMinor
- Mar 14Conference report agreed to by Senate (37-Y 2-N 0-A)Minor
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Adopt Conference Committee Report R. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 14Conference report agreed to by House (78-Y 18-N 0-A)Minor
- Mar 14Conference Report released
- Mar 12House Conferees: Hope, Simon, Ballard
- Vote recorded Accede Conference Committee R. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 12Conferees appointed by House
- Mar 12Senate Conferees: Surovell, Srinivasan, Obenshain
- Mar 12Conferees appointed by Senate
- Mar 12Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Mar 12House requested conference committeeMinor
- Mar 12House insisted on substituteMajor
- Mar 11House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A)
- Vote recorded Concur House Substitute R. Result: fail.Upper
- Mar 10Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB536)
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 10Passed House with substitute (53-Y 43-N 0-A)Passed House
- Mar 10Engrossed by House - committee substituteMajor
- Mar 10committee substitute agreed toMajor
- Mar 10Read third timeMinor
- Mar 9Passed by for the day
- Mar 6Read second timeMinor
- Mar 4Committee substitute printed 26109147D-H1Major
- Vote recorded Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 4Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (18-Y 4-N)Minor
- Mar 4House committee offered
- Feb 18Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 1-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 17Assigned HCJ sub: CivilMinor
- Feb 17Referred to Committee for Courts of JusticeMinor
- Feb 17Read first timeMinor
- Feb 17Placed on Calendar
- Feb 11Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Passage R. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 10Engrossed by Senate as amended (Voice Vote)
- Feb 10Finance and Appropriations Amendment agreed toMajor
- Feb 10Read second timeMinor
- Feb 9Passed by for the day
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed R. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 9Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- Feb 9Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Feb 9Rules suspended
- Feb 5Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 28Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 1-N 2-A)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Courts of Justice. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 13Referred to Committee for Courts of JusticeMinor
- Jan 13Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100434DIntroduced