Virginia House Bill 604 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-11 - Left in Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Virginia National Guard member benefits; health savings accounts. Provides that a member of the Virginia National Guard may elect to receive, in lieu of any tuition assistance grants, a matching contribution from the state to a health savings account. The Department of Military Affairs shall establish a health savings account for any member who elects to receive this benefit. The matching contribution shall equal the member's contribution up to the maximum amount allowable by federal law. In order to qualify, a member must (i) have a minimum remaining obligation of two years, (ii) have satisfactorily completed required initial active duty service, (iii) be satisfactorily performing duty in accordance with regulations of the National Guard, and (iv) be eligible for such an account under federal law. The bill also provides that in the event that a member ceases to be eligible for a health savings account, by reason of being called to active duty military service or otherwise, all contributions from the state shall stop and the Department of Military Affairs shall provide notice to the member of the loss of eligibility.

Virginia National Guard; member benefits, health savings accounts.

Del. Nicholas Freitas [R]

2020-02-04 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 0-N) (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-11	House	Left in Appropriations
2020-02-04	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 0-N)
2020-01-23	House	Assigned App. sub: Compensation & General Government
2020-01-22	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2020-01-22	House	Referred from Finance by voice vote
2020-01-15	House	Referred to Committee on Finance
2020-01-15	House	Referred from Courts of Justice by voice vote
2020-01-06	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2020-01-06	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101763D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
23	1	610	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB604
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB604+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H0202V0042+HB0604