Health group cooperatives; established for arranging benefit plan coverage for small employers. (HB761)
Introduced By
Del. Phil Hamilton (R-Newport News)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Small employer health group pooling. Authorizes the establishment of cooperatives for the purpose of offering, providing or facilitating the provision of coverage for health care services to participating small employers. Membership in health group cooperatives is limited to employers with not more than 50 eligible employees. A small employer health group cooperative is deemed to be a single entity for purposes of negotiating the terms, including premium rates of coverage. Cooperatives shall elect to either be the policyholder of a group policy covering employer-members or a sponsoring entity that facilitates the provision of separate policies for each of its employer-members. If a cooperative elects to be the group policyholder, the agreement shall address the collection of funds from employer-members when one employer-member fails to remit its share of the premium. Read the Bill »
Status
03/31/2006: signed by governor
History
Date | Action |
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01/10/2006 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 067909316 |
01/10/2006 | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
01/18/2006 | Assigned to Commerce and Labor sub-committee: Insurance (Hargrove) |
02/02/2006 | Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (22-Y 0-N) |
02/03/2006 | Committee substitute printed 062753316-H1 |
02/06/2006 | Read first time |
02/07/2006 | Read second time |
02/07/2006 | Committee substitute agreed to 062753316-H1 |
02/07/2006 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB761H1 |
02/08/2006 | Passed by for the day |
02/09/2006 | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) |
02/09/2006 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) |
02/09/2006 | Communicated to Senate |
02/10/2006 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
02/10/2006 | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
03/06/2006 | Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (14-Y 0-N) |
03/07/2006 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) |
03/07/2006 | Read third time |
03/07/2006 | Reading of amendment waived |
03/07/2006 | Committee amendment agreed to |
03/07/2006 | Engrossed by Senate as amended |
03/07/2006 | Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) |
03/07/2006 | VOTE: (40-Y 0-N) |
03/08/2006 | Placed on Calendar |
03/09/2006 | Senate amendment agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N) |
03/09/2006 | VOTE: ADOPTION (96-Y 0-N) |
03/15/2006 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB761ER) |
03/15/2006 | Enrolled |
03/15/2006 | Signed by Speaker |
03/16/2006 | Signed by President |
03/31/2006 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 427 (effective 7/1/06) |
04/06/2006 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0427) |