Virginia Senate Bill 654 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-01-20 - Incorporated by Commerce and Labor
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Health insurance; formula and enteral nutrition products. Requires health insurers, health care subscription plans, and health maintenance organizations whose policy, contract, or plan includes coverage for medicines to classify medically necessary formula and enteral nutrition products as medicine and to include coverage for medically necessary formula and enteral nutrition products for covered individuals requiring treatment for an inherited metabolic disorder. Such coverage is required to be provided on the same terms and subject to the same conditions imposed on other medicines covered under the policy, contract, or plan. The measure provides that the required coverage includes any medical equipment, supplies, and services that are required to administer the covered formula or enteral nutrition products. These requirements apply only to formula and enteral nutrition products that are furnished pursuant to the prescription or order of a physician or other health care professional qualified to make such prescription or order for the management of an inherited metabolic disorder and are used under medical supervision.

Health insurance; formula and enteral nutrition products.

Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]

2020-01-20 - Senate - Senate: Incorporated by Commerce and Labor (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-20	Senate	Incorporated by Commerce and Labor
2020-01-07	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2020-01-07	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105067D

SB605 (Similar To) 2020-03-10 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0215)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
38	2	3418.18	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	4319	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB654
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB654+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S02V0029+SB0654