Mandated health insurance; not applicable if exceed essential benefits package. (SB518)
Introduced By
Sen. Frank Wagner (R-Virginia Beach)
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
Mandated health insurance benefits; essential benefits package. Provides that health insurance plans will not be required, effective January 1, 2014, to provide coverage for state-mandated health benefits to the extent that the benefit is not an essential benefit that is required to be covered under a qualified health plan offered within a health benefit exchange established pursuant to the federal health reform law. The measure also provides that the entity operating a health benefit exchange for Virginia shall not condition its approval to the offering of a health plan within the health benefit exchange upon the plan's providing coverage for a state-mandated health benefit, to the extent that the state-mandated health benefit is not an essential benefit, that is required to be covered under a qualified health plan offered within the health benefit exchange. View Full Text »
Outcome
History
- 01/11/2012 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12101460D
- 01/11/2012 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/20/2012 Assigned C&L sub: Health Insurance
- 01/20/2012 Impact statement from DPB (SB518)
- 02/13/2012 Continued to 2013 in Commerce and Labor (16-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
- 11/30/2012 Left in Commerce and Labor
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