Virginia House Bill 1915 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 3 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-04-03 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0826)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Expedited review of adverse coverage determinations; cancer patients. Provides that a covered person shall not be required to have exhausted his health carrier's internal appeal process before seeking an external review of an adverse determination regarding coverage of treatment if the treatment is to treat his cancer. The measure provides that a covered person may request an expedited external review if the adverse determination relates to the treatment of a cancer of the covered person. The measure requires health carriers' notices of the right to an external review to notify covered persons of this provision. The bill contains an emergency clause and is identical to SB 1161.

Cancer patients; expedited review of adverse coverage determinations.

Del. David Yancey [R]

2019-04-03 - Senate - Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-04-03 - House - House: VOTE: ADOPTION EMERGENCY (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-14 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 0-N) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-05 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-31 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (19-Y 0-N) (Y: 19 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-29 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-04-03		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0826)
2019-04-03	House	Enacted, Chapter 826 (effective 4/3/19)
2019-04-03	Senate	Signed by President as reenrolled
2019-04-03	House	Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
2019-04-03	House	Reenrolled bill text (HB1915ER2)
2019-04-03	House	Reenrolled
2019-04-03		Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
2019-04-03		Governor: Emergency clause added by Governor's recommendation
2019-04-03	Senate	Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (38-Y 0-N)
2019-04-03	House	VOTE: ADOPTION EMERGENCY (98-Y 0-N)
2019-04-03	House	House concurred in Governor's recommendation (98-Y 0-N)
2019-04-03	House	Placed on Calendar
2019-03-21	House	Governor's recommendation received by House
2019-02-21		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
2019-02-21	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 21, 2019
2019-02-20	Senate	Signed by President
2019-02-19	House	Signed by Speaker
2019-02-19	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1915ER)
2019-02-19	House	Enrolled
2019-02-14	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2019-02-14	Senate	Read third time
2019-02-13	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2019-02-11	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 0-N)
2019-02-06	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2019-02-06	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2019-02-05	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
2019-02-05	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2019-02-04	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1915H1
2019-02-04	House	Committee substitute agreed to 19105930D-H1
2019-02-04	House	Read second time
2019-02-03	House	Read first time
2019-01-31	House	Committee substitute printed 19105930D-H1
2019-01-31	House	Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (19-Y 0-N)
2019-01-29	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
2019-01-10	House	Assigned C & L sub: Subcommittee #1
2019-01-04	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2019-01-04	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101240D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
38	2	3561	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	3562	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1915
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1915+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1915H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1915ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1915ER2+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0826+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H1401V0024+HB1915
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H14V0045+HB1915
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV2356+HB1915
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S02V0126+HB1915
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0547HB1915+HB1915
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0633HB1915+HB1915
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV3378+HB1915
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV1166HB1915+HB1915