Virginia House Bill 278 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 5 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-13 - Left in Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

State plan for medical assistance services; fertility preservation treatments; genetic material misuse; penalty. Directs the Board of Medical Assistance Services to amend the state plan for medical assistance services to include a provision for payment of medical assistance for coverage of fertility preservation for individuals diagnosed with cancer who need treatment for that cancer that may cause a substantial risk of sterility or iatrogenic infertility, as defined in the bill, including surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy. The bill also establishes that it is a Class 3 felony for a health care provider to provide assisted conception treatment to a patient and use the health care provider's own gamete without the written consent of the patient.

State plan for medical assistance services; fertility preservation treatments, etc.

Del. Dan Helmer [D]

2024-02-07 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2024-02-06 - House - House: Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (21-Y 1-N) (Y: 21 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-01 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-13	House	Left in Appropriations
2024-02-07	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N)
2024-02-06	House	Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
2024-02-06	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2024-02-06	House	Committee substitute printed 24106964D-H1
2024-02-06	House	Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (21-Y 1-N)
2024-02-01	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2024-02-01	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
2024-01-17	House	Assigned sub: Social Services
2024-01-05	House	Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
2024-01-05	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102951D

SB333 (Similar To) 2024-02-08 - Continued to 2025 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	67.5:01	(n/a)	See Bill Text
32	1	3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
32	1	325	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB278
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB278+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB278H1+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/24106568D.pdf
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/24106964D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+HB278F160+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+HB278F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H2404V0017+HB0278
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H24V0108+HB0278
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H0205V0031+HB0278