Virginia House Bill 477 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2022 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2022-01-27 - Tabled in Commerce and Energy (21-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Health insurance; coverage for prostate cancer screening. Updates the current mandated requirement for health care coverage companies (including health insurers and HMOs), the health care coverage plan for state employees, and the state plan for Medicaid that provides coverage for one PSA test in a 12-month period to persons age 50 and over and to persons age 40 and over who are at high risk for prostate cancer according to American Cancer Society Guidelines such that the new coverage requirement is for prostate cancer screening that includes the current test and the current guidelines. The updated coverage begins January 1, 2023.

Health insurance; coverage for prostate cancer screening.

Del. Terry Austin [R]

2022-01-27 - House - House: Tabled in Commerce and Energy (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-01-27	House	Tabled in Commerce and Energy (21-Y 0-N)
2022-01-11	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
2022-01-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102914D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	2818	(n/a)	See Bill Text
32	1	325	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	3406.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	3418.7	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB477
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB477+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+HB477F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H23V0031+HB0477