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HOUSE BILL NO. 2436 Offered January 19, 2011 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 38.2-3401.1, relating to the offering of coverage for abortions through a health benefits exchange. ---------- Patron-- Herring ---------- Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 38.2-3401.1 as follows:

§ 38.2-3401.1. Offering abortion coverage through health care exchange permitted.

Any qualified health benefits plan offered through an exchange established in the Commonwealth pursuant to and as a result of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, P.L. 111-148, as amended, shall be neither required to provide nor prohibited from providing insurance coverage for abortion services. Any such plan shall determine whether coverage of abortion services shall be offered.