Health insurance; independent external reviews. (HB1928)
Introduced By
Del. Danny Marshall (R-Danville)
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; independent external reviews. Expands the scope of Virginia's process for independent reviews of a health carrier's adverse decision regarding covered health care benefits, in order to comply with requirements of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The measure (i) eliminates the minimum eligibility threshold, (ii) eliminates the $50 filing fee, and (iii) expands situations for which an independent external review may be requested to include covered persons of all licensed health carriers. Currently, only persons covered by managed care health insurance programs may request an independent external review. Under this measure, insurers are required to incur the full cost of every review; currently, the Commonwealth incurs the cost of any review that does not result in denied services being covered. The measure tracks the Uniform Health Carrier External Review Model Act prepared by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/11/2011 | Committee |
| 01/11/2011 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/11 11101708D |
| 01/11/2011 | Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions |
| 01/27/2011 | Referred from Health, Welfare and Institutions |
| 01/27/2011 | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
| 01/31/2011 | Impact statement from SCC (HB1928) |
| 02/01/2011 | Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (17-Y 1-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/01/2011 | Committee substitute printed 11104563D-H1 |
| 02/03/2011 | Read first time |
| 02/04/2011 | Read second time |
| 02/04/2011 | Committee substitute agreed to 11104563D-H1 |
| 02/04/2011 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1928H1 |
| 02/06/2011 | Passed by for the day |
| 02/07/2011 | Read third time and passed House (95-Y 4-N) |
| 02/07/2011 | VOTE: PASSAGE (95-Y 4-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/08/2011 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 02/08/2011 | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
| 02/14/2011 | Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/16/2011 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/17/2011 | Read third time |
| 02/17/2011 | Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/22/2011 | Impact statement from SCC (HB1928H1) |
| 02/23/2011 | Enrolled |
| 02/23/2011 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1928ER) |
| 02/23/2011 | Signed by Speaker |
| 02/23/2011 | Signed by President |
| 02/24/2011 | Impact statement from SCC (HB1928ER) |
| 03/26/2011 | Governor's recommendation received by House |
| 04/05/2011 | Placed on Calendar |
| 04/06/2011 | House concurred in Governor's recommendation (97-Y 0-N) |
| 04/06/2011 | VOTE: ADOPTION (97-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 04/06/2011 | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 04/06/2011 | G Governor's recommendation adopted |
| 04/06/2011 | Reenrolled |
| 04/06/2011 | Reenrolled bill text (HB1928ER2) |
| 04/06/2011 | Signed by Speaker as reenrolled |
| 04/06/2011 | Signed by President as reenrolled |
| 04/06/2011 | Enacted, Chapter 788 (effective 7/1/11) |
| 04/06/2011 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0788) |