Insurance; state health care plan to provide that coverage of 1 additional adult may be purchased. (SB252)
Introduced By
Sen. Don McEachin (D-Richmond) with support from co-patron Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-Alexandria)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
✗ |
Passed Committee |
☐ |
Passed House |
✓ |
Passed Senate |
☐ |
Signed by Governor |
☐ |
Became Law |
Description
Insurance; employees of public institutions of higher education or localities. Requires the state health plan, for employees of higher education, to provide means for coverage of any other class of persons as may mutually be agreed upon by the institution and the employee to be purchased.The bill also expands the list of people who may be provided certain types of insurance by a locality, adding the dependents of officers and employees of a locality, as well as the dependents of those employed by commissions and other entities controlled by or working closely with a locality, to the list of people to whom a locality may provide accident and health insurance. The bill expands the potential eligibility for health insurance programs to include the dependents of eligible members of volunteer fire or rescue companies and the dependents of retired officers and employees. The bill requires any locality providing insurance to dependents of employees to provide the same programs to dependents of constitutional officers in some cases. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/03/2014 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14101958D |
| 01/03/2014 | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
| 01/16/2014 | Rereferred from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/16/2014 | Rereferred to Finance |
| 01/27/2014 | Impact statement from DPB (SB252) |
| 02/04/2014 | Reported from Finance with substitute (12-Y 5-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/04/2014 | Committee substitute printed 14104755D-S1 |
| 02/05/2014 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) |
| 02/06/2014 | Read second time |
| 02/06/2014 | Reading of substitute waived |
| 02/06/2014 | Committee substitute agreed to 14104755D-S1 |
| 02/06/2014 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB252S1 |
| 02/07/2014 | Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 13-N) |
| 02/12/2014 | Placed on Calendar |
| 02/12/2014 | Read first time |
| 02/12/2014 | Referred to Committee on General Laws |
| 02/12/2014 | Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4 |
| 02/19/2014 | Impact statement from DPB (SB252S1) |
| 02/27/2014 | Referred from General Laws |
| 02/27/2014 | Referred to Committee on Appropriations |
| 02/28/2014 | Assigned App. sub: Compensation and Retirement |
| 02/28/2014 | Subcommittee recommends laying on the table |
| 03/04/2014 | Left in Appropriations |
Comments
POFEV: People of Faith for Equality in Virginia supports this important legislation, to allow institutions of higher learning as well as local governments to encourage employees to want to work for them as well as to help retain existing employees. This legislation would allow these entities to compete more equally in the job market, both with private employers who already offer benefits more equally and with other public entities outside Virginia. From our perspective, of equal importance is the value it allows these institutions to place on the God-given talents of their employees, thus doing honor to the employees, their families, and the Source of their creativity, ingenuity,dedication, and loyalty.