SB 1447 Virginia Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Health insurance; coverage for at-home blood pressure monitors, report.

Summary
Health insurance; coverage for at-home blood pressure monitors. Requires health insurers, health maintenance organizations, and corporations providing health care coverage subscription contracts to provide coverage for at-home blood pressure monitors to individuals who (i) have a diagnosis of hypertension, (ii) are at risk of developing hypertension, or (iii) have been recommended for at-home blood pressure monitoring by a licensed health care provider. The coverage provided under the bill shall not be subject to any copayment or fees for an at-home blood pressure monitor. The bill directs the Bureau of Insurance, in consultation with the Department of Health, to establish guidelines for implementing the coverage required by the bill, to monitor compliance of such requirements by health care providers, and to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly by December 1, 2026.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
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Governor
Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Jan 24, 2025
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Jan 17, 2025
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Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
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Jan 17, 2025
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 25105011D
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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Stella Pekarsky
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