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1998 SESSION

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HB 782 Health insurance; guaranteed availability, preexisting conditions.

Introduced by: Jay W. DeBoer | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY:

Individual health insurance; guaranteed availability; preexisting conditions. Requires that those persons qualified as "eligible individuals" between April 29, 1997, and January 1, 1998, and who are currently neither eligible for nor enrolled in (i) a group health plan which would provide coverage for preexisting conditions or (ii) Part A or Part B of Title XVIII of the Social Security Act, be afforded the guaranteed availability and preexisting conditions provisions of Virginia law that became effective January 1, 1998, even if such individuals have already obtained individual health insurance coverage. These guaranteed availability and preexisting conditions provisions ordinarily apply only to individuals moving from insurance coverage under a group or similar health plan. The bill also has a sunset clause; its provisions expire on January 1, 1999. The bill has an emergency clause.

FULL TEXT

• 01/26/98  House: Presented & ordered printed w/emg. clause 982735828  pdf
• 02/02/98  House: Printed as engrossed 982735828-E  pdf
• 02/20/98  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB782ER)  pdf
• 03/10/98  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0025)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

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HISTORY

• 01/26/98  House: Presented & ordered printed w/emg. clause 982735828
• 01/26/98  House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
• 01/27/98  House: Reported from H. W. I. (21-Y 0-N)
• 01/27/98  House: Referred to Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking
• 01/29/98  House: Reported from Corp., Ins. & Banking (25-Y 0-N)
• 01/30/98  House: Read first time
• 02/02/98  House: Read second time
• 02/02/98  House: Amendment by Mr. DeBoer agreed to
• 02/02/98  House: Engrossed by House as amended
• 02/02/98  House: Printed as engrossed 982735828-E
• 02/03/98  House: Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
• 02/03/98  House: VOTE: PASSAGE EMERGENCY (97-Y 0-N)
• 02/03/98  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/04/98  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/04/98  Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 02/16/98  Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N)
• 02/17/98  Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/17/98  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/18/98  Senate: Read third time
• 02/18/98  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/18/98  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/20/98  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB782ER)
• 02/27/98  House: Enrolled
• 02/27/98  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/27/98  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/09/98  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 25 (effective 3/9/98)
• 03/10/98  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0025)