Health insurance; small employers, self-employed persons. (SB672)
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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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Description
Health insurance; small employers; self-employed persons. Revises the definition of "small employer" for purposes of health insurance to provide that it includes a self-employed person. The measure also provides that an individual who is the sole shareholder of a corporation or sole member of a limited liability company, or an immediate family member of such sole shareholder or member, qualifies as an employee of the corporation or limited liability company if he performed any service for remuneration under a contract of hire for the corporation or limited liability company. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Passed
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/10/2018 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101776D |
| 01/10/2018 | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
| 01/28/2018 | Impact statement from SCC (SB672) |
| 01/29/2018 | Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/31/2018 | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/01/2018 | Read second time and engrossed |
| 02/02/2018 | Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/08/2018 | Placed on Calendar |
| 02/08/2018 | Read first time |
| 02/08/2018 | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
| 02/20/2018 | Reported from Commerce and Labor (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/22/2018 | Read second time |
| 02/23/2018 | Read third time |
| 02/23/2018 | Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) |
| 02/23/2018 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/27/2018 | Enrolled |
| 02/27/2018 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB672ER) |
| 02/27/2018 | Signed by Speaker |
| 02/28/2018 | Impact statement from SCC (SB672ER) |
| 03/02/2018 | Signed by President |
| 03/05/2018 | Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 5, 2018 |
| 03/05/2018 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018 |
| 04/06/2018 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 782 (effective 7/1/18) |
| 04/06/2018 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0782) |
Comments
As a small business owner I urge you to please include single-person businesses in the definition of "small employer" to allow many hard-working Virginians who provide employment for themselves to have access to affordable health care. Rates of insurance with the sole provider Optima have become prohibitive and we are forced to consider locating outside of the state and the country. It is simply unsustainable to pay the exorbitant rates and we cannot do it. We are paying health care premiums instead of contributing to our retirement and savings and reducing our debt; we have less disposable income to pay for healthy food & supplements.