Virginia Senate Bill 477 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2014 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2014-02-03 - Stricken at request of Patron in Commerce and Labor (16-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Noncompliant health benefit plans. Authorizes a health carrier to continue offering, issuing, issuing for delivery, delivering, selling, or renewing any health benefit plan that provides the same coverage, limits, conditions, restrictions, and benefits as a health benefit plan that the State Corporation Commission had approved prior to July 1, 2013. The measure also directs the Secretary of Health and Human Resources (HHR) to obtain from the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services a waiver from the requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in order to have all federal funds allocated for navigators in the Commonwealth be paid into the general fund and to allow the Secretary of HHR to establish criteria for, select, and award grants to navigators for the Commonwealth.

Health benefit plans; exception for certain plans previously approved, waiver for navigator program.

Sen. Stephen Newman [R]

2014-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Commerce and Labor (16-Y 0-N) (Y: 16 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-02-03	Senate	Stricken at request of Patron in Commerce and Labor (16-Y 0-N)
2014-01-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2014-01-08	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14103243D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
38	2	3454.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	4214	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	4319	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+sum+SB477
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+SB477+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+S02V0043+SB0477