VA HB903 | 2024 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-13 - Left in Labor and Commerce
Pending: House Labor and Commerce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Summary

Health insurance; cost-sharing requirements for the treatment of cancer; prohibited for individuals 18 years of age or younger. Prohibits any (i) insurer proposing to issue individual or group accident and sickness insurance policies providing hospital, medical and surgical, or major medical coverage on an expense-incurred basis; (ii) corporation providing individual or group accident and sickness subscription contracts; and (iii) health maintenance organization providing a health care plan for health care services from imposing (a) any cost-sharing requirement for the treatment of cancer and (b) if the policy, contract, or plan, including any certificate or evidence of coverage issued in connection with such policy, contract, or plan, includes coverage for medicines, any cost-sharing requirement for a covered prescription drug for the treatment of cancer in an enrollee who is 18 years of age or younger under such policy, contract, or plan delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in the Commonwealth. The bill applies with respect to health plans and provider contracts entered into, amended, extended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2025.

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Title

Health insurance; cost-sharing requirements for the treatment of cancer.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2024-01-30 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2024-02-13HouseLeft in Labor and Commerce
2024-01-30HouseSubcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N)
2024-01-18HouseAssigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1
2024-01-09HouseReferred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
2024-01-09HousePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102734D

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
3823407.15:8(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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