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1996 SESSION
HB 700 Health insurance; small employer market.
Introduced by: Harvey B. Morgan | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
Health insurance; small employer market. Changes from 49 to 99 the maximum number of eligible employees of an employer considered to be a "small employer" for purposes of certain health insurance provisions. Under Virginia law, in the small employer market, insurance carriers are required to (i) not exclude or limit coverage for preexisting conditions of an insured for more than 12 months from the insured's effective date of coverage; (ii) guarantee the renewability of coverage (at the small employer's option); and (iii) not exclude any member of the small employer group.
FULL TEXT
- 01/22/96 House: Presented & ordered printed 960607828 pdf
- 02/01/96 House: Printed as engrossed 960607828-E pdf
- 03/01/96 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB700ER) pdf
- 03/25/96 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0262) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/22/96 House: Presented & ordered printed 960607828
- 01/22/96 House: Referred to Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking
- 01/30/96 House: Reported from C. I. B. w/amd. (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/96 House: Read first time
- 02/01/96 House: Read second time
- 02/01/96 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/01/96 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/01/96 House: Printed as engrossed 960607828-E
- 02/02/96 House: Read third time and passed House (Block Vote) (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/96 House: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 02/02/96 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/96 House: Passed House (Block Vote) (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/96 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE #2 (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/96 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/05/96 Senate: Read first time
- 02/05/96 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/19/96 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/96 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/96 Senate: VOTE: CONST. READING DISPENSED (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/96 Senate: Read third time
- 02/21/96 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/96 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/96 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB700ER)
- 03/06/96 House: Enrolled
- 03/06/96 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/07/96 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/19/96 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 262 (effective 7/1/96)
- 03/25/96 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0262)