West Virginia House Bill 112 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on May 13 2010 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2010-05-14 - Recommitted to Judiciary on 2nd reading
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Insurance Commissioner contract with the United States government to implement a temporary high risk pool program, as set forth in the recently passed federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010. Such a program would provide health insurance coverage to currently uninsured individuals with preexisting conditions. The bill also permits the Insurance Commissioner to promulgate emergency rules in order to effectuate any insurance provisions of the Act.

Establishment of a temporary high risk insurance program for uninsured persons under the Federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010

Del. Tim Armstead [R]

Del. Richard Thompson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-05-14		Recommitted to Judiciary on 2nd reading
2010-05-14		On 2nd reading, House Calendar
2010-05-13		Read 1st time
2010-05-13		Immediate consideration
2010-05-13		2nd reference dispensed
2010-05-13		Do pass
2010-05-13		To House Judiciary
2010-05-13		Introduced in House
2010-05-13		To Judiciary then Finance
2010-05-13		Filed for introduction

SB1011 (Same As) 2010-05-16 - Committed to Judiciary on 2nd reading

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
33	2	23	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=112&year=2010&sessiontype=1X&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb112%20intr.htm&yr=2010&sesstype=1X&i=112