VA HB101 | 2022 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-15 - Left in Commerce and Energy
Pending: House Commerce and Energy Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 6 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-15 - Left in Commerce and Energy
Pending: House Commerce and Energy Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Summary
Group health benefit plans; sponsoring associations; formation of benefits consortium. Provides that sponsoring associations, including self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangements, may provide health benefit plans for small employers in the form of a trust benefit consortium, subject to certain requirements. The bill includes conditions for qualifying as a sponsoring association, requirements for the formation of a trust benefits consortium, and provisions to establish a board of trustees. Under the bill, such trust benefits consortium is subject to the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and U.S. Department of Labor regulations and such trust shall not include certain words or terms in its name that are uniquely descriptive of insurance companies or business, and a statement to this effect is required to be included on the first page of the health benefit plan documents. A benefits consortium or sponsoring association is exempt from the requirements of the Virginia Life, Accident and Sickness Insurance Guaranty Association and exempt from annual license taxes under the bill.
Title
Group health benefit plans; sponsoring associations, formation of benefits consortium.
Sponsors
| Sen. Chris Head [R] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-02-15 | House | Left in Commerce and Energy |
| 2022-01-06 | House | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy |
| 2022-01-06 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102793D |
Subjects
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | 2 | 3420 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 38 | 2 | 3431 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 38 | 2 | 3432.1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 38 | 2 | 3432.2 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 38 | 2 | 3432.3 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 38 | 2 | 3521.1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 38 | 2 | 508.5 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 59 | 1 | 589 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 59 | 1 | 592 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
