Virginia House Bill 1546 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-02-04 - Incorporated by Labor and Commerce
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Health benefit plans; bills for emergency services; surprise bills; dispute resolution. Requires the Commissioner of the Bureau of Insurance to certify independent dispute resolution entities to resolve disputes arising from surprise bills for non-emergency health care services and for emergency service provided by non-participating providers. The measure implements "baseball-style" arbitration to resolve disputes between health carriers and physicians. Under this approach, each party submits a proposed dollar amount to the independent dispute resolution entity, who then chooses one as the appropriate payment amount. The measure provides that when an insured assigns benefits for a surprise bill or a bill for emergency services in writing to a non-participating physician who knows the insured is covered under a health benefit plan, the non-participating physician shall not bill the insured except for any applicable coinsurance, copayment, or deductible that would be owed if the insured utilized a participating physician.

Health benefit plans; bills for emergency services, surprise bills, dispute resolution.

Del. Dawn Adams [D]	Sen. Lamont Bagby [D]	Del. Clinton Jenkins [D]	Del. Sam Rasoul [D]
Del. Lee Ware [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-04	House	Incorporated by Labor and Commerce
2020-01-30	House	Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2021 by voice vote
2020-01-16	House	Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2
2020-01-10	House	Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
2020-01-10	House	Presented and ordered printed 20104464D

HB1251 (Similar To) 2020-04-10 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1080)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
38	2	3445	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	3465	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	3472	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1546
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1546+hil