Bills affecting Senior (65+, Medicare/SS) in Virginia — 2026 session

Health insurance; essential health benefits benchmark plan selection.

Medicare supplement policies; regulations establishing minimum standards, report.

Va. Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers, delayed effective date.

Prescription Drug Affordability Board; established.

Developmental disability waivers; financial eligibility standards, sunset repeal.

Family Access to Medical Insurance Security Plan; amends Plan, literacy pilot program.

Electric utilities; suspension of certain requirements.

Electric utilities; retirement of certain electric generating units.

Va. Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for animal control officers and 911 dispatchers.

School boards; safe storage of prescription drugs and firearms in the household.

Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; extends membership to emergency dispatchers.

Workers with disabilities; earned income disregard, cost-of-living adjustment.

State retiree health benefits program; reenrollment in program.

Virginia Retirement System; service credit for career and technical education teachers.

Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; membership includes full-time sworn unit investigators.

Assisted living facilities; involuntary discharge, notice.

Inspection of certified nursing facilities; compliance with federal reporting requirements.

Virginia Retirement System; service retirement allowance, members who return to work.

Managed care organizations & pharmacy benefits manager; data collection and reporting requirements.

Elections; identification containing a photograph required and excuse required to vote absentee.