Virginia House Bill 1918 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Engrossed on January 27 2023 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-02-13 - Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor with letter (15-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

Health insurance; coverage for audio-only telehealth services. Requires health insurers, health care subscription plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage beginning January 1, 2024, for the cost of health care services provided through audio-only telehealth services, defined in the bill as counseling interventions designed to facilitate a patient's achievement of human development goals and remediate mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders and associated distresses that interfere with mental health and development by a mental health professional delivered to a patient via audio-only means when no other means of real-time two-way audio-visual or other telecommunications or electronic communications are available and operational to the patient or the patient does not have the capability to use such real-time two-way means of communication. The bill requires that prescribing of controlled substances via audio-only telehealth services comply with state requirements for prescribing controlled substances and all applicable federal law. Health insurance; coverage for audio-only telehealth services. Requires health insurers, health care subscription plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage beginning January 1, 2024, for the cost of health care services provided through audio-only telehealth services, defined in the bill as counseling interventions designed to facilitate a patient's achievement of human development goals and remediate mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders and associated distresses that interfere with mental health and development by a mental health professional delivered to a patient via audio-only means when no other means of real-time two-way audio-visual or other telecommunications or electronic communications are available and operational to the patient or the patient does not have the capability to use such real-time two-way means of communication. The bill requires that prescribing of controlled substances via audio-only telehealth services comply with state requirements for prescribing controlled substances and all applicable federal law.

Health insurance; coverage for audio-only telehealth services, definition.

Del. Amanda Batten [R]

Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]

2023-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor with letter (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-30 - House - House: VOTE: (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-24 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Energy with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-19 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 1-N) (Y: 9 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-13	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor with letter (15-Y 0-N)
2023-01-31	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2023-01-31	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2023-01-30	House	VOTE: (100-Y 0-N)
2023-01-30	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
2023-01-27	House	Printed as engrossed 23104173D-E
2023-01-27	House	Engrossed by House as amended HB1918E
2023-01-27	House	Committee amendments agreed to
2023-01-27	House	Read second time
2023-01-26	House	Read first time
2023-01-24	House	Reported from Commerce and Energy with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
2023-01-19	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 1-N)
2023-01-17	House	Assigned sub: Subcommittee #2
2023-01-10	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
2023-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104173D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
38	2	3418.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1918
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1918+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1918E+hil
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+amd+HB1918AH
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1918FE122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H2302V0003+HB1918
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H23V0026+HB1918
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV1186+HB1918
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S02V0116+HB1918