Health carriers; services provided by nurse practitioners.
Summary
Requires health insurers and health services plan providers whose policies or contracts cover services that may be legally performed by licensed nurse practitioners to provide equal coverage for such services when rendered by a licensed nurse practitioner. The bill contains an enactment that exempts the measure from the requirement that the Health Insurance Reform Commission review any legislative measure containing a mandated health insurance benefit or provider. The bill has a delayed effective date of October 1, 2019.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2018
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Mar 2019
Introduced Nov 26, 2018
Signed Mar 12, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 13, 2019
How they voted
33–0
Passed
Total votes 33
Feb 13, 2019
D
Democratic13
100% Yea
R
Republican20
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
4
Committee
3
Amendments
1
Mar 12, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 332 (effective 10/1/19)
executive
Feb 13, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (33-0)
senate
Feb 6, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
upper
Feb 5, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB1640E
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
lower
Nov 26, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
lower
Nov 26, 2018
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100868D
lower
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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