State employees; restoration of health insurance plan options in Hampton Roads area. (HB1251)

Introduced By

Del. Lionell Spruill (D-Chesapeake) with support from 21 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:

Progress

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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

Health insurance for state employees.  Requires any health insurance coverage plan established for state employees in Hampton Roads to include health insurance plan options available in the six months prior to the implementation of the COVA Connect pilot program instituted on July 1, 2009.   View Full Text »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed
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Comments

Jacqueline F. Hines writes:

Please restore previous insurance plan options. The pilot program limits state employees in Hampton, VA to two hospitals, Sentara and Mary Immaculate. Riverside Hospital and its specialists are non-participating in the Optima plan. For patients with existing conditions, specifically cancer, this change has been devasting. As a cancer patient, once you start treatments with a participating provider that you feel confident with, you would like to continue with that person. Aside from the fact that the copayment and other out of pocket expenses have increased with Optima, if we must remain with the pilot plan, why can't it include Riverside Hospital and its specialists.

Posted 25 months ago.