VA SB1010 | 2019 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on July 24 2018 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-01-31 - Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor with letter (9-Y 6-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on July 24 2018 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-01-31 - Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor with letter (9-Y 6-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Summary
Health insurance; coverage for Lyme disease therapy. Requires health insurers, corporations providing health care coverage subscription contracts, and health maintenance organizations, whose policy, contract, or plan includes coverage for prescription drugs, to provide coverage for long-term antibiotic therapy for a patient with Lyme disease when determined to be medically necessary and ordered by a licensed physician after making a thorough evaluation of the patient's symptoms, diagnostic test results, or response to treatment. The measure applies to policies, contracts, and plans delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 2020.
Title
Health insurance; coverage for Lyme disease therapy.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2019-01-31 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor with letter (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2019-01-31 | Senate | Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor with letter (9-Y 6-N) |
2018-07-24 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
2018-07-24 | Senate | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100146D |
Code Citations
Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
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38 | 2 | 3418.18 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
38 | 2 | 4319 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |