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2012 SESSION

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SB 591 MEWA; increases number of residents employed at bank who may receive accident & sickness benefits.

Introduced by: Phillip P. Puckett | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Health insurance; multiple employer welfare arrangements. Increases, from 50 to 500, the maximum number of Virginia residents employed at a bank that is a member of a multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA) who may receive accident and sickness benefits under the MEWA without disqualifying the MEWA from its exemption from provisions of the Commonwealth's insurance laws. The exemption applies if the MEWA is subject to solvency examination authority and reserve adequacy requirements determined by sound actuarial principles by such domiciliary contiguous state.

FULL TEXT

• 01/19/12  Senate: Presented and ordered printed 12104172D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/09/12  Senate: Printed as engrossed 12104172D-E  pdf | impact statement
• 02/29/12  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB591ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/04/12  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0589)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

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HISTORY

• 01/19/12  Senate: Presented and ordered printed 12104172D
• 01/19/12  Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 02/06/12  Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (16-Y 0-N)
• 02/08/12  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/09/12  Senate: Read second time
• 02/09/12  Senate: Reading of amendments waived
• 02/09/12  Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
• 02/09/12  Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB591E
• 02/09/12  Senate: Printed as engrossed 12104172D-E
• 02/10/12  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/17/12  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/17/12  House: Read first time
• 02/17/12  House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 02/21/12  House: Reported from Commerce and Labor (21-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/12  House: Read second time
• 02/24/12  House: Read third time
• 02/24/12  House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/24/12  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/29/12  Senate: Enrolled
• 02/29/12  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB591ER)
• 02/29/12  Senate: Signed by President
• 02/29/12  House: Signed by Speaker
• 04/04/12  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 589 (effective 7/1/12)
• 04/04/12  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0589)