Virginia House Bill 2198 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 22 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-22 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0271)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Health insurance; essential health benefits benchmark plan. Requires the Bureau of Insurance to select a new essential health benefits benchmark plan for the 2025 plan year that includes, in addition to the essential health benefits package included in the existing benchmark plan, coverage for prosthetic devices and components and formula and enteral nutrition products as medicine. The bill contains an emergency clause. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Health Insurance Reform Commission.

Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Bureau of Insurance to select a new plan.

Del. Kathy Byron [R]

2023-02-20 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption Emergency (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-02-16 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-15 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-06 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-31 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-22		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0271)
2023-03-22		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 271 (effective - see bill)
2023-03-02		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
2023-03-02	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
2023-02-25	Senate	Signed by President
2023-02-23	House	Signed by Speaker
2023-02-23	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2198ER)
2023-02-23	House	Enrolled
2023-02-20	House	VOTE: Adoption Emergency (98-Y 0-N)
2023-02-20	House	Senate amendment agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
2023-02-20	House	Placed on Calendar
2023-02-16	Senate	Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
2023-02-16	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended
2023-02-16	Senate	Committee amendment agreed to
2023-02-16	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2023-02-16	Senate	Read third time
2023-02-15	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2023-02-13	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
2023-02-07	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2023-02-07	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2023-02-06	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
2023-02-06	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
2023-02-03	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2198H1
2023-02-03	House	Committee substitute agreed to 23105975D-H1
2023-02-03	House	Read second time
2023-02-02	House	Read first time
2023-01-31	House	Committee substitute printed 23105975D-H1
2023-01-31	House	Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
2023-01-11	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
2023-01-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/11/23

SB1399 (Same As) 2023-03-22 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0272)
SB1399 (Same As) 2023-03-22 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0272)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
38	2	3418.15	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	3418.18	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2198
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2198+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2198H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2198ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0271+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23105975D.pdf
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+amd+HB2198AS
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+amd+HB2198ASE
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2198F171+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2198FH1171+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H23V0060+HB2198
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV1426+HB2198
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S02V0105+HB2198
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0505HB2198+HB2198
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0532HB2198+HB2198
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV2060+HB2198