Virginia Senate Bill 226 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on December 31 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-01-27 - Incorporated by Commerce and Labor
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Virginia Health Benefit Exchange. Creates the Virginia Health Benefit Exchange, which will be established and operated by a new division within the State Corporation Commission (SCC). The Exchange shall facilitate the purchase and sale of qualified health plans and qualified dental plans to qualified individuals and qualified employers. The Exchange shall make qualified plans available to qualified individuals and qualified employers by July 1, 2023, unless the SCC postpones this date. The measure authorizes the SCC to review and approve accident and sickness insurance premium rates applicable to health benefit plans in the individual and small group markets and health benefit plans providing health insurance coverage in the individual market through certain non-employer group plans. The Exchange will be funded by assessments on health insurers offering plans in the Exchange. A health plan will not be required to cover any state-mandated health benefit if federal law does not require it to be covered as part of the essential benefits package. The essential health benefits are items and services included in the benchmark health insurance plan, which is the largest plan in the largest product in the Commonwealth's small group market as supplemented in order to provide coverage for the items and services within the statutory essential health benefits categories. The SCC may contract with other eligible entities and enter into memoranda of understanding with other agencies of the Commonwealth to carry out any of the functions of the Exchange, including agreements with other states or federal agencies to perform joint administrative functions. Such contracts are not subject to the Virginia Public Procurement Act (§ 2.2-4300 et seq.). The measure repeals a provision enacted in 2013 that prohibits an agent, employee, officer, or agency of the Commonwealth from taking any action to establish a health benefit exchange.

Virginia Health Benefit Exchange; created.

Sen. John Edwards [D]

2020-01-27 - Senate - Senate: Incorporated by Commerce and Labor (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-27	Senate	Incorporated by Commerce and Labor
2020-01-15	Senate	Assigned C&L sub: Health Insurance
2019-12-31	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2019-12-31	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103715D

SB732 (Similar To) 2020-04-09 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0917)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
38	2	4214	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	4319	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	4509	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	6500	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	6515	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB226
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB226+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S02V0050+SB0226