Health insurance; coverage for mobile crisis response services and residential crisis units. (HB2216)

Introduced By

Del. Jay Leftwich (R-Chesapeake) with support from 24 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:

Those copatrons are Del. Terry Austin (R-Buchanan), Del. John Avoli (R-Staunton), Del. Jason Ballard (R-Pearisburg), Del. Rob Bell (R-Charlottesville), Del. Rob Bloxom (R-Accomack), Del. Kathy Byron (R-Lynchburg), Del. Ellen Campbell (R-Rockbridge), Del. A.C. Cordoza (R-Hampton), Del. James Edmunds (R-South Boston), Del. Matt Fariss (R-Rustburg), Del. Keith Hodges (R-Urbanna), Del. Terry Kilgore (R-Gate City), Del. Joe McNamara (R-Roanoke), Del. Bobby Orrock (R-Thornburg), Del. Chris Runion (R-Bridgewater), Del. Anne Ferrell Tata (R-Virginia Beach), Del. Kim Taylor (R-Dinwiddie), Del. Otto Wachsmann (R-Sussex), Del. Wendell Walker (R-Lynchburg), Del. Michael Webert (R-Marshall), Del. Bill Wiley (R-Winchester), Del. Wren Williams (R-Stuart), Sen. Tara Durant (R-Fredericksburg), Sen. Chris Head (R-Roanoke)

Progress

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

Description

Health insurance; mental health benefits; coverage for mobile crisis response services and residential crisis stabilization units. Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage for mobile crisis response services, defined in the bill, and support and stabilization services provided in a residential crisis stabilization unit, defined in the bill, to the extent that such services are covered in other settings or modalities, regardless of any difference in billing codes. The bill requires the State Corporation Commission, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Resources, to convene a stakeholder work group to examine network standards for mobile crisis response services and the current availability of mobile crisis response services in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the work group to make recommendations regarding (i) the definition and standards of care for mobile crisis response services and short-term residential crisis stabilization services as they apply to the commercial insurance market, including balance billing protections; (ii) the licensure or accreditation required for such services in the Commonwealth; and (iii) how cost-sharing and deductibles will be addressed as part of accessing such services for commercially insured individuals. The bill requires the Commission to report the findings of the work group to the Health Insurance Reform Commission and the Governor no later than September 1, 2023. This bill is identical to SB 1347. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/11/2023Committee
01/11/2023Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103352D
01/11/2023Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
01/24/2023Impact statement from DPB (HB2216)
01/25/2023Assigned sub: Subcommittee #2
01/31/2023House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
01/31/2023Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
02/02/2023House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
02/02/2023Reported from Commerce and Energy with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/05/2023Read first time
02/06/2023Read second time
02/06/2023Committee amendment agreed to
02/06/2023Engrossed by House as amended HB2216E
02/06/2023Printed as engrossed 23103352D-E
02/07/2023Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
02/07/2023VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/08/2023Constitutional reading dispensed
02/08/2023Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
02/10/2023Impact statement from DPB (HB2216E)
02/13/2023Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/13/2023Committee substitute printed 23106630D-S1
02/15/2023Impact statement from DPB (HB2216S1)
02/15/2023Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/16/2023Read third time
02/16/2023Reading of substitute waived
02/16/2023Committee substitute agreed to 23106630D-S1
02/16/2023Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2216S1
02/16/2023Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/20/2023Placed on Calendar
02/20/2023Senate substitute agreed to by House 23106630D-S1 (99-Y 0-N)
02/20/2023VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/23/2023Enrolled
02/23/2023Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2216ER)
02/23/2023Signed by Speaker
02/25/2023Signed by President
02/28/2023Impact statement from DPB (HB2216ER)
03/02/2023Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
03/02/2023G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
03/22/2023G Approved by Governor-Chapter 186 (effective 1/1/24)
03/22/2023G Approved by Governor-Chapter 186 (effective 7/1/23)
03/22/2023G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0186)