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1999 SESSION

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SB 946 Medical assistance services; coverage for leukemia.

Introduced by: Janet D. Howell | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Medical assistance services. Requires Virginia Medicaid to cover high-dose chemotherapy and bone marrow transplant when this treatment is the appropriate treatment for individuals over the age of 21 who have been diagnosed with leukemia. Present law requires payment for this treatment for only lymphoma and breast cancer. The patient must have a performance status sufficient to proceed with the high-dose chemotherapy and bone marrow transplant. Emergency regulations to implement this bill are required by the second enactment. Technical amendments are made to improve the organization of this long statute.

FULL TEXT

• 01/18/99  Senate: Presented & ordered printed 999030687  pdf
• 01/28/99  Senate: Committee substitute printed 999103687-S1  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/18/99  Senate: Presented & ordered printed 999030687
• 01/18/99  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 01/28/99  Senate: Reported from Ed. & H. with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
• 01/28/99  Senate: Rereferred to Finance
• 01/28/99  Senate: Committee substitute printed 999103687-S1
• 01/29/99  Senate: Reported from Finance (17-Y 0-N)
• 02/01/99  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/01/99  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/03/99  Senate: Read second time
• 02/03/99  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/03/99  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 999103687-S1
• 02/03/99  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - comm. sub. 999103687-S1
• 02/03/99  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/03/99  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/03/99  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/03/99  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/03/99  Senate: Communicated to House
• 02/04/99  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/05/99  House: Read first time
• 02/05/99  House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
• 02/09/99  House: Assigned to H. W. I. sub-committee: 1
• 02/11/99  House: Reported from H. W. I. (21-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/99  House: Motion to strike from House calendar agreed to
• 02/12/99  House: Stricken from House calendar