Accident and sickness insurance, individual; open enrollment program. (SB780)
Introduced By
Sen. John Watkins (R-Midlothian)
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
Individual accident and sickness insurance; open enrollment program. Repeals the requirement that a health insurer that is, or is successor to, a health services plan provide an open enrollment program for individual accident and sickness contracts. Under the open enrollment program, an individual may purchase a product at any time during the year, with the caveat that the individual serve a 12-month waiting period before services are covered for any preexisting condition. The requirement for such an open enrollment program is inconsistent with guaranteed issue provisions of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) that prohibit waiting periods for coverage for preexisting conditions and that provide for limited open enrollment periods. The measure also eliminates certain provisions that set a tax rate of 0.75 percent on premiums from policies sold under the open enrollment program. The measure will become effective January 1, 2014. An enactment clause provides that if the ACA provisions that prohibit exclusions of coverage in the individual health care market based on preexisting conditions are repealed, then insurers that had been offering open enrollment under such an open enrollment program shall operate an open enrollment program, on terms similar to those that have been repealed, until the July 1 following the regular session of the General Assembly next convening after such change in the federal law. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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12/18/2012 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13101169D |
12/18/2012 | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
01/14/2013 | Impact statement from TAX (SB780) |
01/14/2013 | Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/14/2013 | Rereferred to Finance |
01/21/2013 | Impact statement from TAX (SB780) |
01/23/2013 | Reported from Finance (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/24/2013 | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/25/2013 | Read second time and engrossed |
01/28/2013 | Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/02/2013 | Placed on Calendar |
02/02/2013 | Read first time |
02/02/2013 | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
02/07/2013 | Impact statement from TAX (SB780) |
02/07/2013 | Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (20-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/11/2013 | Read second time |
02/12/2013 | Passed by for the day |
02/13/2013 | Read third time |
02/13/2013 | Committee amendment agreed to |
02/13/2013 | Engrossed by House as amended SB780 |
02/13/2013 | Passed House with amendment (89-Y 9-N) |
02/13/2013 | VOTE: PASSAGE (89-Y 9-N) (see vote tally) |
02/13/2013 | Passed by temporarily |
02/13/2013 | House amendment agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/19/2013 | Enrolled |
02/19/2013 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB780ER) |
02/19/2013 | Signed by Speaker |
02/20/2013 | Signed by President |
02/21/2013 | Impact statement from TAX (SB780ER) |
03/12/2013 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 136 (effective 1/1/14) |
03/12/2013 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0136) |
03/22/2013 | Impact statement from TAX (SB780ER) |