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

Introduced By

Del. John O'Bannon (R-Richmond)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

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. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
12/28/2007Committee
12/28/2007Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 080004664
12/28/2007Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/15/2008Stricken from docket by Commerce and Labor
01/22/2008Impact statement from SCC (HB252)

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?