Virginia House Bill 840 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Passed on March 10 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-10 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0214)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Health insurance; formula and enteral nutrition products. Requires health insurers, health care subscription plans, and health maintenance organizations whose policy, contract, or plan includes coverage for medicines to classify medically necessary formula and enteral nutrition products as medicine and to include coverage for medically necessary formula and enteral nutrition products for covered individuals requiring treatment for an inherited metabolic disorder. Such coverage is required to be provided on the same terms and subject to the same conditions imposed on other medicines covered under the policy, contract, or plan. The measure provides that the required coverage includes any medical equipment, supplies, and services that are required to administer the covered formula or enteral nutrition products. These requirements apply only to formula and enteral nutrition products that are furnished pursuant to the prescription or order of a physician or other health care professional qualified to make such prescription or order for the management of an inherited metabolic disorder and are used under medical supervision.

Health insurance; formula and enteral nutrition products, definitions.

Del. Kathleen Murphy [D]

Del. Kenneth Plum [D]

2020-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-19 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-17 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 0-N) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-03 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-28 - House - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-28 - House - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-23 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-10		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0214)
2020-03-10		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 214 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-03		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 10, 2020
2020-03-03	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2020
2020-02-26	Senate	Signed by President
2020-02-25	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-02-25	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB840ER)
2020-02-25	House	Enrolled
2020-02-20	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-20	Senate	Read third time
2020-02-19	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2020-02-17	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 0-N)
2020-02-04	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2020-02-04	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-03	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
2020-02-03	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2020-01-31	House	Printed as engrossed 20105024D-E
2020-01-31	House	Engrossed by House as amended HB840E
2020-01-31	House	Committee amendment agreed to
2020-01-31	House	Read second time
2020-01-30	House	Read first time
2020-01-28	House	Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment (22-Y 0-N)
2020-01-23	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N)
2020-01-16	House	Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2
2020-01-07	House	Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
2020-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105024D

SB605 (Same As) 2020-03-10 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0215)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
38	2	3418.18	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	4319	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB840
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB840+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB840E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB840ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0214+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H1402V0003+HB0840
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H14V0061+HB0840
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H14V0093+HB0840
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0305+HB0840
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S02V0148+HB0840
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0734HB0840+HB0840
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0751HB0840+HB0840