Reproductive health services; health benefit plans required to cover costs. (HB2378)

Introduced By

Del. Cia Price (D-Newport News) with support from co-patrons Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-Arlington), and Sen. Jennifer McClellan (D-Richmond)

Progress

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

Description

Reproductive health services. Requires health benefit plans to cover the costs of specified health care services, drugs, devices, products, and procedures related to reproductive health. The health benefit plan requirements become effective when a plan is delivered, issued for delivery, reissued, or extended in the Commonwealth on and after January 1, 2020, or at any time thereafter when any term of the health benefit plan is changed or any premium adjustment is made. The measure also requires the Board of Medical Assistance Services to include in the state plan for medical assistance services a provision for the payment of the costs of a reproductive health care program providing reimbursement for medically necessary reproductive health care services, drugs, devices, products, and procedures for eligible individuals. Amends § 32.1-325, § 38.2-3407.5:1, § 38.2-4319, of the Code of Virginia. Read the Bill »

Status

01/15/2019: Awaiting a Vote in the Commerce and Labor Committee

History

Date	Action
01/08/2019	Committee
01/08/2019	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104064D
01/08/2019	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/15/2019	Assigned C & L sub: Subcommittee #1