Virginia Senate Bill 1689 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Vetoed on May 2 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-05-02 - Governor: Vetoed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Conference Sub) [HTML]

Group health benefit plans; bona fide associations; benefits consortium. Provides that certain trusts constitute a benefits consortium and are authorized to sell health benefits plans to members of a sponsoring association that is a nonstock corporation, has five or more members participating in one or more benefits plans, has been formed for purposes other than obtaining or providing health benefits, and operates as a nonprofit entity under ?§501(c)(6) of the federal Internal Revenue Code. The bill provides that a person may be a member of sponsoring association without having any employees if the person is a sole proprietorship, a corporation with a single shareholder, or a limited liability company with a single member. The bill provides that the trust is subject to the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and U.S. Department of Labor regulations applicable to multiple employer welfare arrangements and to the authority of the U.S. Department of Labor to enforce such law and regulations. The bill (i) prohibits a self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA) from issuing health benefit plans in the Commonwealth until it has obtained a license from the State Corporation Commission; (ii) provides that health benefit plans issued by a self-funded MEWA shall be subject to taxes and maintenance assessments levied upon insurance companies; (iii) provides that health benefit plans issued by a self-funded MEWA are subject to protections of and other provisions of the Virginia Life, Accident and Sickness Insurance Guaranty Association; (iv) makes domestic self-funded MEWAs subject to all financial and solvency requirements imposed by provisions of Title 38.2 on domestic insurers unless domestic self-funded MEWAs are otherwise specifically exempted; and (v) provides that health benefit plans issued by a self-funded MEWA shall be exempt from all statutory requirements relating to insurance premium rates, policy forms, and policy cancellation and nonrenewal. The bill provides that the sponsoring association shall not, by virtue of its sponsorship of the benefits consortium or any benefits plan, be subject to the insurance laws of the Commonwealth or the tax levied on insurance companies pursuant to ?§58.1-2501. The measure removes the requirements that an association to which a group accident and sickness insurance policy is issued has at the outset a minimum of 100 persons, has been organized and maintained in good faith for purposes other than that of obtaining insurance, and has been in active existence for at least five years. The measure also replaces references to "bona fide association," as used in provisions applicable to health care plans in the small employer market, with the term "sponsoring association."

Group health benefit plans; bona fide associations, benefits consortium.

Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant [R]

Sen. Bill DeSteph [R]

Sen. Jill Vogel [R]

Sen. Frank Wagner [R]

2019-04-03 - Senate - Senate: Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (6-Y 32-N) (Y: 6 N: 32 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2019-02-20 - Senate - Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (28-Y 12-N) (Y: 28 N: 12 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-20 - Senate - Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (33-Y 7-N) (Y: 33 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-19 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (61-Y 38-N) (Y: 61 N: 38 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-14 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (16-Y 3-N) (Y: 16 N: 3 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (28-Y 12-N) (Y: 28 N: 12 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-31 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance (12-Y 4-N) (Y: 12 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-31 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (11-Y 4-N) (Y: 11 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-02		Governor: Vetoed by Governor
2019-04-03		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, May 3, 2019
2019-04-03	Senate	Communicated to Governor
2019-04-03	Senate	Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (6-Y 32-N)
2019-03-26	Senate	Governor's substitute printed 19107825D-S2
2019-03-26	Senate	Governor's recommendation received by Senate
2019-03-04		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
2019-03-04	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
2019-02-23	House	Signed by Speaker
2019-02-23	Senate	Signed by President
2019-02-23	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1689ER)
2019-02-23	Senate	Enrolled
2019-02-20	Senate	House amendments agreed to by Senate (28-Y 12-N)
2019-02-20	Senate	Reconsideration of House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2019-02-20	Senate	House amendments agreed to by Senate (33-Y 7-N)
2019-02-19	House	VOTE: PASSAGE (61-Y 38-N)
2019-02-19	House	Passed House with amendments (61-Y 38-N)
2019-02-19	House	Engrossed by House as amended
2019-02-19	House	Committee amendments agreed to
2019-02-19	House	Read third time
2019-02-18	House	Read second time
2019-02-14	House	Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (16-Y 3-N)
2019-02-08	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2019-02-08	House	Read first time
2019-02-08	House	Placed on Calendar
2019-02-05	Senate	Passed Senate (28-Y 12-N)
2019-02-05	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2019-02-05	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1689S1
2019-02-05	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 19106257D-S1
2019-02-05	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2019-02-05	Senate	Read second time
2019-02-04	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2019-01-31	Senate	Reported from Finance (12-Y 4-N)
2019-01-31	Senate	Rereferred to Finance
2019-01-31	Senate	Incorporates SB1712 (Vogel)
2019-01-31	Senate	Incorporates SB1353 (Wagner)
2019-01-31	Senate	Incorporates SB1351 (Wagner)
2019-01-31	Senate	Committee substitute printed 19106257D-S1
2019-01-31	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (11-Y 4-N)
2019-01-14	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2019-01-14	Senate	Presented and ordered printed 19103876D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
38	2	3431	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	3432.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	3432.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	3432.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	3521.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	508.5	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	1	571	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	1	574	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+SB1689
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1689+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1689S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1689ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1689S2+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S02V0123+SB1689
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S05V0247+SB1689
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0353SB1689+SB1689
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0434SB1689+SB1689
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0418SB1689+SB1689
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H14V0194+SB1689
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV3024+SB1689
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0882SB1689+SB1689
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0891SB1689+SB1689
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0892SB1689+SB1689
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV1146SB1689+SB1689