Virginia Senate Bill 791 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on November 29 2022 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-02-02 - Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (8-Y 5-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Establishment of the Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act; health benefit plans; coverage for gender transition procedures. Creates the Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act, which prohibits gender transition procedures, defined in the bill, for individuals younger than 18 years of age and prohibits the use of public funds for gender transition procedures for individuals younger than 18 years of age. The bill establishes enforcement procedures for violations of the SAFE Act. The bill provides that a health benefit plan providing health care coverage in the Commonwealth is prohibited from providing coverage for gender transition procedures for individuals younger than 18 years of age and is not required to provide coverage for gender transition procedures for individuals 18 years of age or older. Establishment of the Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act; health benefit plans; coverage for gender transition procedures. Creates the Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act, which prohibits gender transition procedures, defined in the bill, for individuals younger than 18 years of age and prohibits the use of public funds for gender transition procedures for individuals younger than 18 years of age. The bill establishes enforcement procedures for violations of the SAFE Act. The bill provides that a health benefit plan providing health care coverage in the Commonwealth is prohibited from providing coverage for gender transition procedures for individuals younger than 18 years of age and is not required to provide coverage for gender transition procedures for individuals 18 years of age or older.

Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act; established, health benefit plans, etc.

Sen. Amanda Chase [R]

2023-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (8-Y 5-N) (Y: 8 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-02	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (8-Y 5-N)
2023-01-27	Senate	Assigned Education sub: Health
2022-11-29	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2022-11-29	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100911D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
32	1	376	(n/a)	See Bill Text
32	1	379	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	3449.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB791
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB791+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB791F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S04V0113+SB0791