Virginia House Bill 398 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-11-29 - Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions
Pending: House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Radiology benefits managers. Requires that any decision by a radiology benefits manager to deny a treating physician's order or recommendation for a diagnostic radiology test be made by a physician. An authorization to perform a diagnostic radiology test given by a health carrier or by a radiology benefits manager shall be conclusive to satisfy any requirement of medical necessity in a health benefit plan or a health carrier's plan, policy, or schedule of benefits. A managed care health insurance utilization review entity's utilization review plan is required to include a provision designed to ensure that adverse determinations by a radiology benefits manager are made by a licensed physician. Any person who countermands the treatment order or recommendation of a treating physician for a diagnostic radiology test by any means or manner that is intended to influence the patient to refuse a recommended diagnostic radiology test or to elect to receive a different service than the diagnostic radiology test ordered or recommended by the treating physician shall be deemed to be practicing medicine.

Radiology benefits managers; decision to deny physician's order for diagnostic radiology test.

Del. Patrick Hope [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-11-29	House	Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions
2012-01-31	House	Continued to 2013 in Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote
2012-01-26	House	Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2013 by voice vote
2012-01-16	House	Assigned HWI sub: #3
2012-01-10	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2012-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12100674D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
32	1	137.10	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	3407.10:	(n/a)	See Bill Text
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38	2	3407.10:	(n/a)	See Bill Text
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38	2	3407.10:	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	3407.10:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	2903	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB398
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+HB398+hil