VA HB39 | 2021 | Regular Session

Virginia House Bill 39 (Prior Session Legislation)

Note: Carry Over of previous HB39

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on November 19 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-12-04 - Left in Labor and Commerce
Pending: House Labor and Commerce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Summary

Health benefit plans; enrollment by pregnant individuals. Requires health carriers to allow pregnant individuals to enroll in a health benefit plan at any time after the commencement of the pregnancy, with the pregnant individual's coverage being effective as of the first of the month in which the individual receives certification of the pregnancy. The measure applies to such agreements that are entered into, amended, extended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2021.

Title

Health benefit plans; enrollment by pregnant individuals.

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-12-04	House	Left in Labor and Commerce
2020-02-06	House	Continued to 2021 in Labor and Commerce by voice vote
2020-02-04	House	Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2021 by voice vote
2020-01-17	House	Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2
2020-01-16	House	Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
2020-01-16	House	Referred from General Laws by voice vote
2019-11-19	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2019-11-19	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100347D

Same As/Similar To

HB39 (Carry Over) 2020-02-06 - Continued to 2021 in Labor and Commerce by voice vote

Code Citations

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
38	2	3448	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+sum+HB39
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+HB39+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+oth+HB39F122+PDF