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| Bill | Commonwealth Health Reinsurance Program; established, report. | Commonwealth Health Reinsurance Program. Requires the State Corporation Commission (Commission) to establish, upon approval of a state innovation waiver request pursuant to § 1332 of the Affordable Care Act, a reinsurance program, known as the Commonwealth Health Reinsurance Program (the Program). The bill provides that the Program is funded through federal funding provided under the state innovation waiver, an assessment on carriers, and state appropriations. The bill requires that the Commission impose an annual assessment of one percent of a carrier's net written premiums on entities authorized to issue individual and group health insurance overage including grandfathered plans but excluding plans offered in the small group market. The bill provides requirements for payment parameters, data submissions, recordkeeping, reporting, and audits of health carriers. The bill requires the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to convene a work group to develop recommendations for developing a state-based subsidy program to increase affordability of health plans to individuals and to increase enrollment in the Virginia Health Benefit Exchange. The bill requires the Commission to evaluate the program following its second year of operation.The provisions of the bill, other than the requirements that the Commission apply for the state innovation waiver, will become effective 30 days after notice of approval of the waiver request. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2021 | HB 2332 | Virginia HB 2332 (2021) |
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Virginia HB 2332 (2021) — Commonwealth Health Reinsurance Program; established, report.
Commonwealth Health Reinsurance Program. Requires the State Corporation Commission (Commission) to establish, upon approval of a state innovation waiver request pursuant to § 1332 of the Affordable Care Act, a reinsurance program, known as the Commonwealth Health Reinsurance Program (the Program). The bill provides that the Program is funded through federal funding provided under the state innovation waiver, an assessment on carriers, and state appropriations. The bill requires that the Commission impose an annual assessment of one percent of a carrier's net written premiums on entities authorized to issue individual and group health insurance overage including grandfathered plans but excluding plans offered in the small group market. The bill provides requirements for payment parameters, data submissions, recordkeeping, reporting, and audits of health carriers. The bill requires the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to convene a work group to develop recommendations for developing a state-based subsidy program to increase affordability of health plans to individuals and to increase enrollment in the Virginia Health Benefit Exchange. The bill requires the Commission to evaluate the program following its second year of operation.The provisions of the bill, other than the requirements that the Commission apply for the state innovation waiver, will become effective 30 days after notice of approval of the waiver request.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0480 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 21104240D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 21200275D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
- Conference substitute printed 21200707D-H3 (committee substitute) — source
- HB2332ER (committee substitute) — source
- HB2332H2 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Passed Senate with substitute (26-Y 13-N) — 26–13 (pass) · upper
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage #2 (64-Y 33-N) — 63–33 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 7-N) — 15–7 (pass) · lower
- Senate insisted on substitute (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N) — 0–96 (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (59-Y 39-N) — 58–39 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Agreed To (69-Y 29-N) — 68–29 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 2-N) — 14–2 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (12-Y 2-N) — 12–2 (pass) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (25-Y 14-N) — 25–14 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce (17-Y 5-N) — 17–5 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Mark D. Sickles — primary (person)
- Barbara A. Favola — cosponsor (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
- Scott A. Surovell — cosponsor (person)
- Suhas Subramanyam — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-22 Presented and ordered printed 21102291D
introduction - 2021-01-22 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
referral-committee - 2021-01-28 Reported from Labor and Commerce (17-Y 5-N)
committee-passage - 2021-01-28 Referred to Committee on Appropriations
referral-committee - 2021-01-29 Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
referral-committee - 2021-01-29 Impact statement from SCC (HB2332)
- 2021-02-01 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2021-02-01 Reported from Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 7-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-01 Committee substitute printed 21104240D-H1
substitution - 2021-02-02 Read first time
reading-1 - 2021-02-03 Passed by for the day
- 2021-02-04 Floor substitute printed 21104420D-H2 (Sickles)
- 2021-02-04 Read second time
reading-2 - 2021-02-04 Committee on Appropriations substitute rejected 21104240D-H1
- 2021-02-04 Substitute by Delegate Sickles agreed to 21104420D-H2
- 2021-02-04 Engrossed by House - floor substitute HB2332H2
- 2021-02-05 Read third time and passed House (59-Y 39-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2021-02-05 VOTE: Passage (59-Y 39-N)
- 2021-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2021-02-05 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 2021-02-05 Passed House (64-Y 33-N)
passage - 2021-02-05 VOTE: Passage #2 (64-Y 33-N)
- 2021-02-05 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
referral-committee - 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-10 Impact statement from SCC (HB2332H2)
- 2021-02-15 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2021-02-15 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (12-Y 2-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-15 Committee substitute printed 21200275D-S1
substitution - 2021-02-15 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
referral-committee - 2021-02-17 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-17 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 2-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-18 Read third time
reading-3 - 2021-02-18 Passed by for the day
- 2021-02-19 Read third time
reading-3 - 2021-02-19 Reading of substitute waived
- 2021-02-19 Committee substitute agreed to 2120275D-S1
- 2021-02-19 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2332S1
- 2021-02-19 Passed Senate with substitute (26-Y 13-N)
passage - 2021-02-19 Senate substitute rejected by House 2120275D-S1 (0-Y 97-N)
- 2021-02-19 VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N)
- 2021-02-19 Senate insisted on substitute (37-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-19 Senate requested conference committee
- 2021-02-19 House acceded to request
- 2021-02-19 Conferees appointed by House
- 2021-02-19 Conferees appointed by Senate
- 2021-02-23 Impact statement from SCC (HB2332S1)
- 2021-02-26 Amended by conference committee
- 2021-02-26 Conference substitute printed 21200707D-H3
- 2021-02-27 Conference report agreed to by Senate (25-Y 14-N)
- 2021-02-27 Conference report agreed to by House (69-Y 29-N)
- 2021-02-27 VOTE: Agreed To (69-Y 29-N)
- 2021-03-03 Impact statement from SCC (HB2332H3)
- 2021-03-09 Enrolled
- 2021-03-09 Signed by President
- 2021-03-10 Impact statement from SCC (HB2332ER)
- 2021-03-11 Signed by Speaker
- 2021-03-15 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
- 2021-03-15 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 2021-03-31 Approved by Governor-Chapter 480 (effective 7/1/21)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ea84754c-4eaf-4b11-bc85-cbe0c0e71ffd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).