Bill Text: VA SB1405 | 2015 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Health services plans; effects of actions of other states.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-03-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0520) [SB1405 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2015-SB1405-Comm_Sub.html
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That §38.2-4229.2 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows: §38.2-4229.2. Hearings and investigations on effect of other state's law. A. If another state enacts a law or takes any other
regulatory action that requires a health services plan operating in the
Commonwealth to provide a program or benefits for the residents of the other
state or to distribute or reduce its surplus on grounds that it is excessive
in whole or in part, the Commission B. Based on the findings of the Commissioner, the Commission shall determine whether the impact on the health services plan is harmful to the interests of residents of the Commonwealth covered by policies issued or delivered either in the Commonwealth or in any other state. C. If the Commission determines the program or benefits for
the residents of another state 1. A prohibition on the health services plan subsidizing the program or benefits for the residents of another state through:
2. A prohibition on the health services plan's distributing or reducing its surplus for the benefit of residents of another state; or 3. Any other action the Commission finds necessary to protect the interests of the residents of the Commonwealth. The determination of premiums charged or otherwise allocable to residents of the Commonwealth and the determination of surplus attributable to residents of the Commonwealth in each case covered by policies issued or delivered either in the Commonwealth or in any other state shall be based upon the number of residents in the Commonwealth compared with the number of residents in other states covered by the policies of the health services plan. D. No health services plan shall distribute or reduce its surplus pursuant to a law or regulatory action the impact of which is subject to a proceeding under subsection A except with the approval of the Commission after the examination required by this section. |