| VA | HB2332 | Pass | Commonwealth Health Reinsurance Program. Requires the State Corporation Commission (the Commission) to establish, upon approval of a state innovation waiver request pursuant to § 1332 of the Affordable Care Act, a reinsurance program, known as t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-31
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0480) |
| VA | HB1942 | Pass | Public adjusters; continuing education. Provides for continuing education requirements for public adjusters and that the insurance continuing education board (the Board), appointed by the State Corporation Commission, is responsible for establishing ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-30
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0441) |
| VA | HB1987 | Pass | Telemedicine. Requires the Board of Medical Assistance Services to amend the state plan for medical assistance to provide for payment of medical assistance for remote patient monitoring services provided via telemedicine for certain high-risk patient...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-24
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0301) |
| VA | SB1338 | Pass | Telemedicine. Requires the Board of Medical Assistance Services to amend the state plan for medical assistance to provide for payment of medical assistance for remote patient monitoring services provided via telemedicine for certain high-risk patient...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-24
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0302) |
| VA | HB2007 | Pass | Prescription drug price transparency. Directs the Department of Health to enter into a contract or an agreement with a nonprofit data services organization to collect, compile, and make available on its website information about prescription drug pri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-24
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0304) |
| VA | HB1892 | Pass | Property and casualty insurance form approval. Permits an insurer that receives approval of an insurance policy form or endorsement from the State Corporation Commission to use the form as soon as it is approved rather than waiting 30 days after the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-18
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0138) |
| VA | SB1255 | Pass | State Corporation Commission; issuance or renewal of insurance licenses or registrations during an emergency. Authorizes the State Corporation Commission to temporarily suspend, authorize extensions of time for, or waive requirements for the issuance...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-18
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0297) |
| VA | HB1884 | Pass | Facilitated enrollment program. Directs the Department of Taxation to include space on the appropriate individual income tax forms for voluntary inclusion of personal and contact information. Such information may be shared with the Department of Medi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-18
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0162) |
| VA | HB1829 | Pass | Health insurance; credentialing; health care providers. Provides that provisions requiring health insurers and other carriers to establish reasonable protocols and procedures for reimbursing a health professional for services provided while such prof...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-18
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0161) |
| VA | HB2219 | Pass | Pharmacies; freedom of choice. Provides that no insurance carrier, corporation providing preferred provider subscription contracts, or health maintenance organization providing health care plans or its pharmacy benefits manager shall prohibit a cover...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-18
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0229) |
| VA | HB1807 | Pass | Health maintenance organizations; insolvency. Updates provisions of the Code of Virginia related to insolvency procedures for health maintenance organizations (HMOs) that were inconsistent with the method to address insolvencies provided for members ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-18
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0158) |
| VA | HB1896 | Pass | Essential health benefits; abortion coverage. Removes the prohibition on the provision of coverage for abortions in any qualified health insurance plan that is sold or offered for sale through a health benefits exchange established or operating in Vi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-12
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0101) |
| VA | SB1276 | Pass | Essential health benefits; abortion coverage. Removes the prohibition on the provision of coverage for abortions in any qualified health insurance plan that is sold or offered for sale through a health benefits exchange established or operating in Vi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-12
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0102) |
| VA | SB1289 | Pass | Health insurance; provider contracts. Requires that each provider contract include a provision prohibiting a provider from discriminating against any enrollee solely due to the enrollee's status as a litigant in pending litigation or a potential liti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-11
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0072) |
| VA | HB2008 | Pass | Health insurance; authorization of drug prescribed for the treatment of a mental disorder. Requires that any provider contract between a carrier and a participating health care provider with prescriptive authority, or its contracting agent, contain p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-11
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0066) |
| VA | SB1269 | Pass | Health insurance; authorization of drug prescribed for the treatment of a mental disorder. Requires that any provider contract between a carrier and a participating health care provider with prescriptive authority, or its contracting agent, contain p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-11
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0067) |
| VA | SB1202 | Engross
Sine Die | Uninsured and underinsured motorist insurance policies; bad faith. Provides that if an insurance company denies, refuses, or fails to pay its insured, or refuses a reasonable settlement demand within the policy's coverage limits, for a claim for unin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-01
To House Labor and Commerce Committee |
| VA | SB1341 | Engross
Sine Die | Health insurance; association health plan for real estate salespersons. Provides that a licensed insurer may issue a policy of group accident and sickness insurance to an association of real estate salespersons (association), which association shall ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-01
To House Labor and Commerce Committee |
| VA | SB1195 | Engross
Sine Die | Motor vehicle insurance; underinsured motor vehicle. Provides that a policy or contract of bodily injury and property damage liability insurance for the use of a motor vehicle shall contain an endorsement or provisions obligating the insurer to make ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-18
Stricken from docket by Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N) |
| VA | HB1822 | Engross
Sine Die | Health insurance; cost-sharing payments for prescription asthma inhalers. Prohibits health insurance companies and other carriers from setting an amount exceeding $50 per 30-day supply of a tier one or tier two prescription asthma inhaler that a cove...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-15
Failed to report (defeated) in Commerce and Labor (5-Y 10-N) |
| VA | SB1202 | Engross
Sine Die | Uninsured and underinsured motorist insurance policies; bad faith. Provides that if an insurance company denies, refuses, or fails to pay its insured, or refuses a reasonable settlement demand within the policy's coverage limits, for a claim for unin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-08
Continued to Special Session 1 in Labor and Commerce by voice vote |
| VA | SB1276 | Engross
Sine Die | Essential health benefits; abortion coverage. Removes the prohibition on the provision of coverage for abortions in any qualified health insurance plan that is sold or offered for sale through a health benefits exchange established or operating in Vi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-08
Continued to Special Session 1 in Labor and Commerce by voice vote |
| VA | SB1195 | Engross
Sine Die | Motor vehicle insurance; underinsured motor vehicle. Provides that a policy or contract of bodily injury and property damage liability insurance for the use of a motor vehicle shall contain an endorsement or provisions obligating the insurer to make ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-08
Continued to Special Session 1 in Labor and Commerce by voice vote |
| VA | SB1289 | Engross
Sine Die | Health insurance; provider contracts. Requires that each provider contract include a provision prohibiting a provider from discriminating against any enrollee solely due to the enrollee's status as a litigant in pending litigation or a potential liti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-08
Continued to Special Session 1 in Labor and Commerce by voice vote |
| VA | SB1269 | Engross
Sine Die | Health insurance; authorization of drug prescribed for the treatment of a mental disorder. Requires that any provider contract between a carrier and a participating health care provider with prescriptive authority, or its contracting agent, contain p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-08
Continued to Special Session 1 in Labor and Commerce by voice vote |
| VA | SB1255 | Engross
Sine Die | State Corporation Commission; issuance or renewal of insurance licenses or registrations during an emergency. Authorizes the State Corporation Commission to temporarily suspend, authorize extensions of time, or waive requirements for the issuance or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-08
Continued to Special Session 1 in Labor and Commerce by voice vote |
| VA | SB1338 | Engross
Sine Die | Telemedicine services; remote patient monitoring services. Requires the Board of Medical Assistance Services to include in the state plan for medical assistance services a provision for the payment of medical assistance for remote patient monitoring ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-08
Continued to Special Session 1 in Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote |
| VA | SB1341 | Engross
Sine Die | Health insurance; association health plan for real estate salespersons. Provides that a licensed insurer may issue a policy of group accident and sickness insurance to an association of real estate salespersons (association), which association shall ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-08
Continued to Special Session 1 in Labor and Commerce by voice vote |
| VA | HB1896 | Engross
Sine Die | Essential health benefits; abortion coverage. Removes the prohibition on the provision of coverage for abortions in any qualified health insurance plan that is sold or offered for sale through a health benefits exchange established or operating in Vi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-05
Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) |
| VA | HB1892 | Engross
Sine Die | Property and casualty insurance form approval. Permits an insurer that receives approval of an insurance policy form or endorsement from the State Corporation Commission to use the form as soon as it is approved rather than waiting 30 days after the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-05
Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) |
| VA | HB1942 | Engross
Sine Die | Public adjusters; continuing education. Provides for continuing education requirements for public adjusters and that the insurance continuing education board (the Board), appointed by the State Corporation Commission, is responsible for establishing ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-05
Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) |
| VA | HB1807 | Engross
Sine Die | Health maintenance organizations; insolvency. Updates provisions of the Code of Virginia related to insolvency procedures for health maintenance organizations (HMOs) that were inconsistent with the method to address insolvencies provided for members ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-05
Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) |
| VA | HB1829 | Engross
Sine Die | Health insurance; credentialing; health care providers. Provides that provisions requiring health insurers and other carriers to establish reasonable protocols and procedures for reimbursing a health professional for services provided while such prof...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-05
Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) |
| VA | HB1822 | Engross
Sine Die | Health insurance; cost-sharing payments for prescription asthma inhalers. Prohibits health insurance companies and other carriers from setting an amount exceeding $50 per 30-day supply of a tier one or tier two prescription asthma inhaler that a cove...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-05
Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) |
| VA | HB1884 | Engross
Sine Die | Facilitated enrollment program. Directs the Department of Taxation to include space on the appropriate individual income tax forms for voluntary inclusion of personal and contact information. Such information may be shared with the Department of Medi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-05
Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) |
| VA | HB1922 | Intro
Sine Die | Medical assistance; coverage for reproductive health services. Directs the Board of Medical Assistance Services to include in the state plan for medical assistance services a provision for the payment of medical assistance for medically necessary rep...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-05
To House Labor and Commerce Committee |
| VA | HB1987 | Engross
Sine Die | Telemedicine. Requires the Board of Medical Assistance Services to amend the state plan for medical assistance to provide for payment of medical assistance for remote patient monitoring services provided via telemedicine for certain high-risk patient...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-05
Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) |
| VA | HB2007 | Engross
Sine Die | Prescription drug price transparency. Directs the Department of Health to enter into a contract or an agreement with a nonprofit data services organization to collect, compile, and make available on its website information about prescription drug pri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-05
Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) |
| VA | HB2008 | Engross
Sine Die | Health insurance; authorization of drug prescribed for the treatment of a mental disorder. Requires that any provider contract between a carrier and a participating health care provider with prescriptive authority, or its contracting agent, contain p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-05
Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) |
| VA | HB2033 | Intro
Sine Die | Health insurance; association health plan for real estate Health insurance; association health plan for real estate salespersons. Provides that a licensed insurer may issue a policy of group accident and sickness insurance to an association of real e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-05
To House Labor and Commerce Committee |
| VA | HB2021 | Intro
Sine Die | Health insurance; provider contracts; report. Prohibits Health insurance; provider contracts; report. Prohibits a carrier from unilaterally amending any material provision of a provider contract or adding any new material provision to any provider co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-05
To House Labor and Commerce Committee |
| VA | HB2219 | Engross
Sine Die | Pharmacies; freedom of choice. Provides that no insurance carrier, corporation providing preferred provider subscription contracts, or health maintenance organization providing health care plans or its pharmacy benefits manager shall prohibit a cover...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-05
Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) |
| VA | HB2274 | Intro
Sine Die | Health insurance; provider contracts. Requires that Health insurance; provider contracts. Requires that each provider contract include provisions (i) requiring providers to provide health care services to enrollees in a manner similar to and within t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-05
To House Labor and Commerce Committee |
| VA | HB2332 | Engross
Sine Die | Commonwealth Health Reinsurance Program. Requires the State Corporation Commission (Commission) to establish, upon approval of a state innovation waiver request pursuant to § 1332 of the Affordable Care Act, a reinsurance program, known as the C...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-05
Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) |
| VA | HB2242 | Intro
Sine Die | COVID-19 immunization; prohibition on requirement; discrimination prohibited. Prohibits the State Health Commissioner and the Board of Health, the Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, the Department of Health Professions and any reg...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-28
Tabled in Health, Welfare and Institutions (18-Y 3-N) |
| VA | HB1594 | Intro
Sine Die | Health insurance; mandated coverage for hearing aids for minors. Requires health insurers, health maintenance organizations, and corporations providing health care coverage subscription contracts to provide coverage for hearing aids and related servi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-04
To House Labor and Commerce Committee |
| VA | HB503 | Intro
Sine Die | Health insurance; coverage for prosthetic devices. Requires health insurers, corporations providing health care coverage subscription contracts, health maintenance organizations, and the Commonwealth's Medicaid program to provide coverage for prosthe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-04
To House Labor and Commerce Committee |
| VA | HB59 | Intro
Sine Die | Health carriers; licensed athletic trainers. Requires health insurers and health service plan providers whose policies or contracts cover services that may be legally performed by a licensed athletic trainer to provide equal coverage for such service...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-04
To House Labor and Commerce Committee |
| VA | SB917 | Intro
Sine Die | Reproductive health services. Requires health benefit plans to cover the costs of specified health care services, drugs, devices, products, and procedures related to reproductive health. The health benefit plan requirements become effective when a pl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-04
To Senate Education and Health Committee |
| VA | HB1331 | Intro
Sine Die | Health insurance; in-network guarantees. Prohibits a health carrier that offers a managed care plan from entering into, extending, or renewing a provider contract with a facility unless such provider contract contains provisions requiring that each h...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-04
To House Labor and Commerce Committee |
