Virginia House Bill 726 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-15 - Left in Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Health insurance; coverage for donated human breast milk. Requires health insurers, corporations providing health care coverage subscription contracts, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for expenses incurred in the provision of pasteurized donated human breast milk. The requirement applies if the covered person is an infant under the age of six months, the milk is obtained from a human milk bank that meets quality guidelines established by the Department of Health, and a licensed medical practitioner has issued an order for an infant who satisfies certain criteria. The measure applies to policies, contracts, and plans delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 2023. The measure also requires the state plan for medical assistance services to include a provision for payment of medical assistance services incurred in the provision of pasteurized donated human breast milk. This bill is a recommendation of the Health Insurance Reform Commission.

Health insurance; coverage for donated human breast milk.

Del. Wendy Gooditis [D]

Del. Sam Rasoul [D]

2022-02-07 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-01 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Energy (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-01-27 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-15	House	Left in Appropriations
2022-02-07	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N)
2022-02-02	House	Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
2022-02-01	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2022-02-01	House	Reported from Commerce and Energy (21-Y 0-N)
2022-01-27	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2022-01-27	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
2022-01-25	House	Assigned sub: Subcommittee #2
2022-01-11	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
2022-01-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102487D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
32	1	325	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	3418.21	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	4319	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB726
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB726+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+HB726F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H2302V0013+HB0726
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H23V0049+HB0726
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H0205V0019+HB0726