Health benefit plans; essential health benefits waiver. (HB2322)

Introduced By

Del. Chris Stolle (R-Virginia Beach) with support from co-patron Del. Marcus Simon (D-Falls Church)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Health benefit plans; essential health benefits waiver. Authorizes health carriers to offer, sell, issue, or renew any health benefit plan in the individual and group markets that does not include the essential health benefits as required by the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act if (i) federal premium tax credit subsidies are no longer available or provided for a health benefit plan purchased through the federal health benefits exchange and (ii) the appropriate federal authority has suspended enforcement of the provisions of the Act that require a health benefit plan to provide coverage for essential health benefits, to the extent and under the terms that the appropriate federal authority has suspended enforcement of such provisions. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
01/22/2015Presented and ordered printed 15103213D
01/22/2015Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
02/03/2015Impact statement from SCC (HB2322)
02/05/2015Reported from Commerce and Labor (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/07/2015Read first time
02/09/2015Read second time and engrossed
02/10/2015Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
02/10/2015VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/11/2015Constitutional reading dispensed
02/11/2015Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
02/23/2015Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/24/2015Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/24/2015Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/06/2015Enrolled
03/06/2015Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2322ER)
03/06/2015Signed by Speaker
03/07/2015Signed by President
03/10/2015Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/10/15
03/10/2015G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015
03/10/2015Impact statement from SCC (HB2322ER)
03/27/2015Governor's recommendation received by House
04/14/2015Placed on Calendar
04/15/2015Requires 27 afiirmative votes to pass in enrolled form
04/15/2015House rejected Governor's recommendation (32-Y 66-N)
04/15/2015VOTE: REJECTED (32-Y 66-N) (see vote tally)
04/15/2015Passed in enrolled form (67-Y 31-N)
04/15/2015VOTE: ENROLLED FORM (67-Y 31-N) (see vote tally)
04/15/2015Motion to pass in enrolled form rejected (21-Y 18-N) (see vote tally)
04/15/2015Requires 27 affirmative votes to pass in enrolled form
04/15/2015Communicated to Governor
04/30/2015G Vetoed by Governor

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 2 clips in all, totaling 4 minutes.