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1999 SESSION

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HB 2708 Medical savings accounts.

Introduced by: Eric I. Cantor | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Medical savings accounts. Authorizes financial institutions within the Commonwealth of Virginia to establish medical savings accounts in accordance with federal law. The bill also requires the Joint Commission on Health Care, assisted by the Board of Insurance and the Department on Taxation, to study the current federal and state taxation and insurance laws to determine the feasibility of licensing group self-insurance associations that will pool their liabilities for the purpose of offering high deductible, catastrophic health insurance coverage to holders of medical savings accounts. The Joint Commission on Health Care will submit its findings to the Governor and the 2000 General Assembly.

FULL TEXT

• 01/21/99  House: Presented & ordered printed 999913146  pdf
• 02/18/99  Senate: Floor substitute printed 993407726-S1 (Quayle)  pdf
• 03/03/99  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2708ER)  pdf
• 03/31/99  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0331)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/21/99  House: Presented & ordered printed 999913146
• 01/21/99  House: Referred to Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking
• 01/28/99  House: Assigned to C. I. B. sub-committee: 3
• 02/03/99  House: Reported from Corp., Ins. & Banking (24-Y 0-N)
• 02/04/99  House: Read first time
• 02/05/99  House: Read second time and engrossed
• 02/06/99  House: Read third time and passed House (Block Vote) (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/99  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/99  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/08/99  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/08/99  Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 02/15/99  Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/16/99  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/16/99  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/17/99  Senate: Passed by for the day
• 02/18/99  Senate: Read third time
• 02/18/99  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/18/99  Senate: Substitute by Sen. Quayle agreed to 993407726-S1
• 02/18/99  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - fl. sub. 993407726-S1 (Quayle)
• 02/18/99  Senate: Floor substitute printed 993407726-S1 (Quayle)
• 02/18/99  Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/18/99  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/99  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/22/99  House: Passed by for the day
• 02/23/99  House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (88-Y 1-N)
• 02/23/99  House: VOTE: ADOPTION (88-Y 1-N)
• 03/03/99  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2708ER)
• 03/08/99  House: Enrolled
• 03/08/99  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/09/99  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/22/99  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 331 (effective 7/1/99)
• 03/31/99  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0331)