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2020 SESSION
HB 795 Health insurance; association health plans.
Introduced by: Chris L. Hurst | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Health insurance; association health plans. Provides that for policies of group accident and sickness insurance issued to an association, members of such an association may include (i) a self-employed individual and (ii) an employer member with at least one employee that is domiciled in the Commonwealth. The bill provides that for such policies issued to an association that covers at least 51 members and employees of employer members of such association on the first day of the plan year the policies shall be considered a large group market plan and are required to meet various provisions in the bill. The bill provides that to determine the size of an association all of the members and employees of employer members are aggregated and treated as employed by a single employer.
The bill requires an insurer issuing a policy to an association to (a) treat all of the members and employees of employer members who are enrolled in coverage under the policy as a single risk pool; (b) set premiums based on the collective group experience of the members and employees of employer members who are enrolled in coverage under the policy; (c) vary premiums by age, except that the rate shall not vary by more than five to one for adults; (d) not vary premiums based on gender; and (e) not establish discriminatory rules based on the health status of an employer member, an individual employee of an employer member, or a self-employed individual for eligibility or contribution.
The bill requires the Commissioner of Insurance to initiate proceedings to apply to the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services for a state innovation waiver under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, P.L. 111-148, to implement the provisions of the bill and within 180 days of a certain judicial order to submit the waiver request to implement the provisions of the bill regarding association health plans. This bill is identical to SB 235.
FULL TEXT
- 01/07/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102732D pdf | impact statement
- 01/28/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20106947D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/17/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20108498D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/07/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB795ER) pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Conference amendments
- Governor's recommendation
- Governor's veto explanation
HISTORY
- 01/07/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102732D
- 01/07/20 House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 01/16/20 House: Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2
- 01/23/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
- 01/28/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20106947D-H1
- 01/28/20 House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (18-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/20 House: Read first time
- 01/31/20 House: Read second time
- 01/31/20 House: Committee substitute agreed to 20106947D-H1
- 01/31/20 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB795H1
- 02/03/20 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/20 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/04/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/17/20 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20108498D-S1
- 02/19/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/20 Senate: Read third time
- 02/20/20 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/20/20 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20108498D-S1
- 02/20/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB795S1
- 02/20/20 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/24/20 House: Senate substitute rejected by House 20108498D-S1 (0-Y 99-N)
- 02/24/20 House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 99-N)
- 02/26/20 Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/20 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 02/27/20 House: House acceded to request
- 02/27/20 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/27/20 House: Delegates: Hurst, Guzman, Kilgore
- 03/02/20 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/02/20 Senate: Senators: Barker, Marsden, Newman
- 03/03/20 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 03/03/20 House: Conference report agreed to by House (93-Y 3-N)
- 03/03/20 House: VOTE: Agree To (93-Y 3-N)
- 03/04/20 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/20 House: Enrolled
- 03/07/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB795ER)
- 03/07/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/08/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/12/20 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- 03/12/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 04/11/20 House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 04/22/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 04/22/20 House: Pending question ordered
- 04/22/20 House: House rejected Governor's recommendation (26-Y 68-N)
- 04/22/20 House: VOTE: (26-Y 68-N)
- 04/22/20 House: Pending question ordered
- 04/22/20 House: Motion by Delegate Gilbert to pass in erolled form rejected (50-Y 43-N)
- 04/22/20 House: VOTE: Agree to (50-Y 43-N)
- 04/22/20 House: (Requires affirmative vote of 2/3 of members present)
- 04/29/20 House: Communicated to Governor on April 29, 2020
- 04/29/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 22, 2020
- 05/21/20 Governor: Vetoed by Governor