West Virginia Senate Bill 529 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: Introduced on March 7 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-07 - To Banking and Insurance
Pending: Senate Banking and Insurance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to modify the Public Employees Insurance program by: (1) Requiring the PEIA and the finance board to purchase stop-loss insurance; (2) requiring that spouses of persons eligible be required to enroll in an employer sponsored plans if one is made available to them by their employer; (3) limiting the employers and entities beyond the State of West Virginia which may purchase insurance through the Public Employees Insurance plan; and (4) creating a pilot program to allow larger state entities to offer self-insurance or purchase insurance coverage for their employees separate from the Public Employees Insurance plan.

Requiring PEIA and finance board purchase stop-loss insurance

Sen. Ryan Weld [R]

Sen. Ryan Ferns [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-07	Senate	To Banking and Insurance
2017-03-07	Senate	Introduced in Senate
2017-03-07	Senate	To Banking and Insurance then Finance
2017-03-07	Senate	Filed for introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
5	16	13	Amended Code	Citation Text
5	16	2	Amended Code	Citation Text
5	16	27	New Code	See Bill Text
5	16	28	New Code	See Bill Text
5	16	6	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=529&year=2017&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb529%20intr.htm&yr=2017&sesstype=RS&i=529