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2023 SESSION
SB 1397 Health Insurance Reform Commission; review of essential health benefits benchmark plan.
Introduced by: Scott A. Surovell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Health Insurance Reform Commission; review of essential health benefits plan. Requires that the Health Insurance Reform Commission review the essential health benefits benchmark plan and establish a process for such review. The bill requires the Commission, in coordination with the Bureau of Insurance, to conduct a review of the essential health benefits benchmark plan in 2025 and every five years thereafter. The bill requires during such review (i) the Bureau to convene a stakeholder work group to make recommendations to the Commission, (ii) the Bureau to estimate the effects of certain referred legislation on the costs of health coverage in the Commonwealth, (iii) the Commission to determine if any changes are to be made to the benchmark plan and to identify such changes, (iv) the Bureau to conduct an actuarial analysis of any changes identified by the Commission, and (v) the Commission to determine which changes will be recommended and to make a recommendation to the General Assembly in the form of a bill that directs the Bureau to select a new benchmark plan that includes any such changes at the next regular session of the General Assembly. The bill (a) requires public hearings to be held throughout the process, (b) establishes a timeline for each step of the process, and (c) requires the Bureau to maintain a website to convey relevant information regarding the process to the public. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Health Insurance Reform Commission. This bill is identical to HB 2199.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/23 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103371D pdf | impact statement
- 01/30/23 Senate: Committee substitute printed 23105819D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/14/23 House: Committee substitute printed 23106824D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/23/23 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1397ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/27/23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0699) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/10/23 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103371D
- 01/10/23 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/30/23 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/23 Senate: Committee substitute printed 23105819D-S1
- 02/01/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/23 Senate: Read second time
- 02/02/23 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/02/23 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 23105819D-S1
- 02/02/23 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1397S1
- 02/02/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/23 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/23 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/10/23 House: Read first time
- 02/10/23 House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
- 02/14/23 House: Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/23 House: Committee substitute printed 23106824D-H1
- 02/16/23 House: Read second time
- 02/17/23 House: Read third time
- 02/17/23 House: Committee substitute agreed to 23106824D-H1
- 02/17/23 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1397H1
- 02/17/23 House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/23 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/23 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/23 Senate: Title replaced 23106824D-H1
- 02/23/23 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/23/23 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1397ER)
- 02/23/23 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/25/23 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/02/23 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
- 03/02/23 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
- 03/27/23 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 699 (effective 7/1/23)
- 03/27/23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0699)