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2001 SESSION
HB 2654 Health insurance; prescription benefit cards.
Introduced by: John S. (Jack) Reid | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Health insurance; prescription benefit cards. Requires each health insurer, corporation providing individual or group accident and sickness subscription contracts, and health maintenance organization that provides coverage for prescription drugs on an outpatient basis to issue a prescription benefit card, health insurance benefit card, or other technology that complies with standards set forth in the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs Pharmacy ID Card Implementation Guide. Alternatively, such card or other technology shall include specific data elements. The same requirement is imposed under the state employee's health insurance plan and the Virginia Medicaid program. The measure applies to contracts, policies or plans delivered, issued for delivery or renewed on and after July 1, 2002.
FULL TEXT
- 01/12/01 House: Presented & ordered printed 010212904 pdf | impact statement
- 02/01/01 House: Committee substitute printed 010059904-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/22/01 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2654ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/20/01 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0334) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/12/01 House: Presented & ordered printed 010212904
- 01/12/01 House: Referred to Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking
- 02/01/01 House: Reported from C. I. B. w/sub (25-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/01 House: Committee substitute printed 010059904-H1
- 02/02/01 House: Read first time
- 02/03/01 House: Read second time
- 02/03/01 House: Committee substitute agreed to 010059904-H1
- 02/03/01 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute 010059904-H1
- 02/03/01 House: Constitutional reading dispensed (97-Y 1-N)
- 02/03/01 House: Passed House (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/01 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/07/01 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/07/01 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/12/01 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/01 Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/01 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/01 Senate: Read third time
- 02/14/01 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/01 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/01 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2654ER)
- 02/23/01 House: Enrolled
- 02/26/01 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/26/01 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/19/01 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 334 (effective 7/1/01)
- 03/20/01 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0334)