Virginia Senate Bill 605 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Passed on March 10 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-10 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0215)
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.

Sen. Ryan McDougle [R]

Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]

Sen. John Edwards [D]

2020-02-21 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-18 - House - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-31 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-29 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-28 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-20 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-10		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0215)
2020-03-10		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 215 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-04		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 11, 2020
2020-03-04	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 4, 2020
2020-02-27	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-02-27	Senate	Signed by President
2020-02-26	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB605ER)
2020-02-26	Senate	Enrolled
2020-02-21	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
2020-02-21	House	Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
2020-02-21	House	Read third time
2020-02-20	House	Read second time
2020-02-18	House	Reported from Labor and Commerce (21-Y 0-N)
2020-02-13	House	Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
2020-02-13	House	Read first time
2020-02-13	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-01-31	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2020-01-30	Senate	Printed as engrossed 20106265D-ES1
2020-01-30	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB605ES1
2020-01-30	Senate	Committee amendment agreed to
2020-01-30	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2020-01-30	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 20106265D-S1
2020-01-30	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2020-01-30	Senate	Read second time
2020-01-29	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-01-28	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (14-Y 0-N)
2020-01-20	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2020-01-20	Senate	Committee substitute printed 20106265D-S1
2020-01-20	Senate	Incorporates SB654 (Boysko)
2020-01-20	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
2020-01-07	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2020-01-07	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104766D

SB654 (Similar To) 2020-01-20 - Incorporated by Commerce and Labor
HB840 (Same As) 2020-03-10 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0214)

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+SB605
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB605+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB605S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB605ES1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB605ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0215+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S02V0032+SB0605
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S05V0054+SB0605
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0232SB0605+SB0605
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0249SB0605+SB0605
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H14V0270+SB0605
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1203+SB0605