VA SB257 | 2024 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 2 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-02 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0345)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Summary

Insurance; dental carriers; annual report. Requires each dental carrier, beginning in 2025, to annually, on or before April 30, file with the State Corporation Commission a report that includes the actual loss ratio, defined in the bill, for the preceding calendar year and any such other information as the Commission may require. The bill requires the Commission to post such reports on its website. The bill requires the Bureau of Insurance to evaluate the effectiveness of informing the public on the information being reported and to make recommendations, if any, on the continuation or modification of the obligation of dental carriers to report such information. The bill also requires the Commission to convene a work group of interested stakeholders to determine if any revisions are necessary to the Code of Virginia regarding ethics and fairness in dental carrier business practices and of health care providers of dental services. The work group is required to report its recommendations to the Chairs of the House Committee on Labor and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor on or before October 1, 2024.

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Title

Insurance; annual actual loss ratio report by dental carriers.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2024-02-23 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2024-02-20 - House - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-26 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2024-01-24 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-22 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2024-04-02 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0345)
2024-04-02 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 345 (effective 7/1/24)
2024-03-11 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
2024-03-11SenateEnrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
2024-03-02SenateSigned by President
2024-02-28HouseSigned by Speaker
2024-02-28SenateBill text as passed Senate and House (SB257ER)
2024-02-28SenateEnrolled
2024-02-23HouseVOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
2024-02-23HousePassed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
2024-02-23HouseRead third time
2024-02-22HouseRead second time
2024-02-20HouseReported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N)
2024-02-13HouseReferred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
2024-02-13HouseRead first time
2024-02-13HousePlaced on Calendar
2024-01-26SenateRead third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
2024-01-25SenateRead second time and engrossed
2024-01-24SenateConstitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2024-01-22SenateReported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N)
2024-01-09SenateReferred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2024-01-09SenatePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104698D

Same As/Similar To

HB1132 (Similar To) 2024-04-02 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0319)

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
382316.2(n/a)See Bill Text
3824214(n/a)See Bill Text
3824319(n/a)See Bill Text
3824509(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources

TypeSource
Summaryhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB257
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB257+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB257ER+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0345+hil
Supplementhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+SB257F171+PDF
Supplementhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+SB257FER171+PDF
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+S02V0017+SB0257
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+SV0104SB0257+SB0257
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+SV0120SB0257+SB0257
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H14V0179+SB0257
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+HV1101+SB0257

Bill Comments

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