Qualified health plans; state-mandated health benefits.
Summary
Qualified health plans; state-mandated health benefits. Authorizes a qualified health plan offered on the Virginia Health Benefit Exchange to provide state-mandated health benefits that are not provided in the essential health benefits package. Under current law, qualified health plans are prohibited from providing such state-mandated health benefits. This bill is identical to HB 431.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Feb 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2022
Signed into Law
Apr 2022
Introduced Jan 11, 2022
Signed Apr 11, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Feb 7, 2022 · House of Delegates Mar 7, 2022
How they voted
33–0
Passed
Total votes 33
Feb 7, 2022
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican16
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
42
Key actions
14
Committee
16
Apr 11, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 556 (effective 7/1/22)
executive
Mar 12, 2022
Upper · Passed
Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Mar 12, 2022
Lower · Passed
Conference report agreed to by House (94-Y 0-N)
lower
Mar 12, 2022
Legislature · Passed
Amended by conference committee
legislature
Mar 7, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
lower
Mar 7, 2022
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB449H1
lower
Mar 7, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 22107055D-H1
lower
Mar 2, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Mar 1, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 25, 2022
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
lower
Feb 24, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Feb 24, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 24, 2022
Lower · Passed
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Feb 21, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
lower
Feb 7, 2022
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 2, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 1-N)
upper
Jan 24, 2022
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Jan 24, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 11, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
upper
Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103081D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jennifer Boysko
DDemocratic
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