HB252: Health insurance; mandated coverage for evaluations of brain tumors.

Chief Patron

John O'Bannon (R-Richmond)
Served: 2001–

Progress

☑	Introduced
☒	Passed Committee
☐	Passed House
☐	Passed Senate
☐	Signed by Governor
☐	Became Law

Status

01/15/2008: Failed to Pass in Committee
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Summary

Health insurance; mandated coverage for evaluations of brain tumors. Requires health insurers, health maintenance organizations, and corporations providing healthcare coverage subscription contracts to provide coverage for a second opinion evaluation, at a medical center designated by the National Cancer Institute as a comprehensive cancer center, of a brain tumor that has been diagnosed as a primary malignant brain tumor.

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Video

Votes were cast on this bill on the following dates for which Richmond Sunlight has video: 01/22/2008 and 01/22/2008.

Comments

Michael Kornstein writes:

1. Why just brain tumors? Why not any cancer? For that matter, why limit the mandated coverage only to cancer?
2. Is this really a problem? In other words are insurer denying patients the right to get a second opinion?

Posted 11 months ago. #

Poll Results

1 vote

Bill Text

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