Commonwealth Health Reinsurance Program; established, report. (HB2332)

Introduced By

Del. Mark Sickles (D-Alexandria) with support from 8 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:

Those copatrons are Del. Dan Helmer (D-Fairfax Station), Del. Mark Levine (D-Alexandria), Del. Cia Price (D-Newport News), Del. Sam Rasoul (D-Roanoke), Del. Suhas Subramanyam (D-Sterling), Del. Kathy Tran (D-Springfield), Sen. Barbara Favola (D-Arlington), Sen. Scott Surovell (D-Mount Vernon)

Progress

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

Description

Commonwealth Health Reinsurance Program. Requires the State Corporation Commission (Commission) to establish, upon approval of a state innovation waiver request pursuant to § 1332 of the Affordable Care Act, a reinsurance program, known as the Commonwealth Health Reinsurance Program (the Program). The bill provides that the Program is funded through federal funding provided under the state innovation waiver, an assessment on carriers, and state appropriations. The bill requires that the Commission impose an annual assessment of one percent of a carrier's net written premiums on entities authorized to issue individual and group health insurance overage including grandfathered plans but excluding plans offered in the small group market. The bill provides requirements for payment parameters, data submissions, recordkeeping, reporting, and audits of health carriers. The bill requires the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to convene a work group to develop recommendations for developing a state-based subsidy program to increase affordability of health plans to individuals and to increase enrollment in the Virginia Health Benefit Exchange. The bill requires the Commission to evaluate the program following its second year of operation.The provisions of the bill, other than the requirements that the Commission apply for the state innovation waiver, will become effective 30 days after notice of approval of the waiver request. Read the Bill »

Status

03/04/2021: Awaiting a Vote in the Finance and Appropriations Committee

History

Date	Action
01/22/2021	Presented and ordered printed 21102291D
01/22/2021	Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
01/28/2021	Reported from Labor and Commerce (17-Y 5-N) (see vote tally)
01/28/2021	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
01/29/2021	Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
01/29/2021	Impact statement from SCC (HB2332)
02/01/2021	House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
02/01/2021	Reported from Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 7-N) (see vote tally)
02/01/2021	Committee substitute printed 21104240D-H1
02/02/2021	Read first time
02/03/2021	Passed by for the day
02/04/2021	Floor substitute printed 21104420D-H2 (Sickles)
02/04/2021	Read second time
02/04/2021	Committee on Appropriations substitute rejected 21104240D-H1
02/04/2021	Substitute by Delegate Sickles agreed to 21104420D-H2
02/04/2021	Engrossed by House - floor substitute HB2332H2
02/05/2021	Read third time and passed House (59-Y 39-N)
02/05/2021	VOTE: Passage (59-Y 39-N) (see vote tally)
02/05/2021	Constitutional reading dispensed
02/05/2021	Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
02/05/2021	Passed House (64-Y 33-N)
02/05/2021	VOTE: Passage #2 (64-Y 33-N) (see vote tally)
02/05/2021	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
02/05/2021	Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/10/2021	Impact statement from SCC (HB2332H2)
02/15/2021	Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
02/15/2021	Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (12-Y 2-N) (see vote tally)
02/15/2021	Committee substitute printed 21200275D-S1
02/15/2021	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
02/17/2021	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/17/2021	Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 2-N) (see vote tally)
02/18/2021	Read third time
02/18/2021	Passed by for the day
02/19/2021	Read third time
02/19/2021	Reading of substitute waived
02/19/2021	Committee substitute agreed to 2120275D-S1
02/19/2021	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2332S1
02/19/2021	Passed Senate with substitute (26-Y 13-N)
02/19/2021	Senate substitute rejected by House 2120275D-S1 (0-Y 97-N)
02/19/2021	VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N)
02/19/2021	Senate insisted on substitute (37-Y 0-N)
02/19/2021	Senate requested conference committee
02/19/2021	House acceded to request
02/19/2021	Conferees appointed by House
02/19/2021	Delegates: Sickles, Carr, Bloxom
02/19/2021	Conferees appointed by Senate
02/19/2021	Senators: Barker, Deeds, Newman
02/23/2021	Impact statement from SCC (HB2332S1)
02/26/2021	C Amended by conference committee
02/26/2021	Conference substitute printed 21200707D-H3
02/27/2021	Conference report agreed to by Senate (25-Y 14-N)
02/27/2021	Conference report agreed to by House (69-Y 29-N)
02/27/2021	VOTE: Agreed To (69-Y 29-N)
03/03/2021	Impact statement from SCC (HB2332H3)