Virginia Senate Bill 1685 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 21 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-03-21 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0689)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Health insurance; credentialing; mental health professionals. Requires health insurers and other carriers that credential the mental health professionals in their provider networks to establish reasonable protocols and procedures for reimbursing a mental health professional who has submitted a completed credentialing application to a carrier, after being credentialed by the carrier, for mental health services provided to covered persons during the period in which the applicant's completed credentialing application is pending. The measure requires health maintenance organizations that issue Medicaid coverage to provide reimbursement to physicians and mental health professionals during the credentialing process. Under current law, Medicare Advantage plans and Medicaid plans are excluded from such requirement. The measure provides that health insurers that credential mental health professionals in their network may establish reasonable protocols and procedures for credentialing private mental health agencies. The bill establishes minimum standards that must be maintained by credentialed private mental health agencies.

Health insurance; credentialing, mental health professionals.

Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant [R]

2019-02-19 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE #2 (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-19 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-14 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Labor (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-31 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-21		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0689)
2019-03-21		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 689 (effective 7/1/19)
2019-03-04		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
2019-03-04	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
2019-02-22	House	Signed by Speaker
2019-02-22	Senate	Signed by President
2019-02-22	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1685ER)
2019-02-22	Senate	Enrolled
2019-02-19	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE #2 (99-Y 0-N)
2019-02-19	House	Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2019-02-19	House	Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
2019-02-19	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
2019-02-19	House	Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
2019-02-19	House	Read third time
2019-02-18	House	Read second time
2019-02-14	House	Reported from Commerce and Labor (22-Y 0-N)
2019-02-06	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2019-02-06	House	Read first time
2019-02-06	House	Placed on Calendar
2019-02-04	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2019-02-04	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2019-02-04	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1685S1
2019-02-04	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 19105550D-S1
2019-02-04	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2019-02-04	Senate	Read second time
2019-02-01	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2019-01-31	Senate	Committee substitute printed 19105550D-S1
2019-01-31	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
2019-01-14	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2019-01-14	Senate	Presented and ordered printed 19103738D

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

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+SB1685
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1685+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1685S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1685ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0689+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S02V0093+SB1685
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0313SB1685+SB1685
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0347SB1685+SB1685
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0348SB1685+SB1685
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H14V0193+SB1685
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV2961+SB1685
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV3004+SB1685