Health insurance; contraception coverage. (HB1417)
Introduced By
Del. Bob Marshall (R-Manassas) with support from co-patron Sen. Dick Black (R-Leesburg)
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
Health insurance; contraception coverage. Provides that no health insurance plan, regardless of whether such plan consists of self-insurance, purchased insurance, a combination of purchased and self-insurance, or the use of a health maintenance organization, offered by the Commonwealth or any locality to its employees or by any agency, department, division, or institution of the Commonwealth or any locality authorized by law to offer such a plan to its employees is required to include coverage for contraception methods, sterilization procedures, or abortifacient drugs or devices. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Failed
History
Date | Action |
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12/18/2012 | Committee |
12/18/2012 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13100574D |
12/18/2012 | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
01/17/2013 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1417) |
02/04/2013 | Motion to discharge Committee on Commerce and Labor rejected |
02/05/2013 | Left in Commerce and Labor |
Comments
This is an area that Bob marshall needs to keep his nose out of, let the Insurance company make it's own rules. keep your bible in church and out of my Government.
The ACLU of Virginia strongly opposes this bill. This bill attempts to allow a license to discriminate against women and limit women’s access to basic health services. Virtually every woman, ages 15-44, who is sexually active has used birth control at some point in her life. That includes 98 percent of Catholic women. In fact, contraception is the norm for religious women. This legislation is not about religious liberty at all, but about whether individuals should have access to comprehensive health insurance coverage, and most pointedly, whether women should have insurance coverage for contraception. Your boss’s morals should not be the arbiter of your health care access, just like employers should not be able to eschew minimum wage laws or other labor and employment protections out of moral opposition. Religious liberty means the right to hold to your beliefs, but not to impose them on others.