Health insurance; policy offered to small employer with 50 or less employees to protect uninsured. (SB920)
Introduced By
Sen. Roscoe Reynolds (D-Martinsville)
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Description
Health insurance; policies to protect the uninsured. Authorizes health insurers, health plans, and health maintenance organizations to offer "Protect the Uninsured" (PTU) policies. PTU polices may be sold to small employers with no more than 50 employees, to provide coverage for their employees who have been uninsured for the preceding six months. The coverage provided under a PTU policy will be determined at the discretion of the health insurer issuing the policy, and specifically is not required to include state-mandated health benefits. This bill is a recommendation of the Small Business Commission. Amends § 38.2-4214 (“(Effective until July 1, 2014) Application of certain provisions of law.”), § 38.2-4319 (“(Effective until July 1, 2014) Statutory construction and relationship to other laws.”), of the Code of Virginia. View Full Text »
Status
02/19/2009: Merged into SB1411
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Comments
The Virginia Interfaith Center opposes this bill.