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| Bill | Health Insurance Reform Commission; mandated health insurance benefit or provider. | Health Insurance Reform Commission; mandatedhealth insurance benefit or provider. Provides that, for thepurposes of the requirement that the Chair of the House Committeeon Labor and Commerce or Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor refercertain legislation regarding a mandated health insurance benefit or provider to the Health Insurance Reform Commission for review, "mandated health insurance benefit or provider" means coverage requiredunder the laws of the Commonwealth to be provided in a policy of accident and sickness insurance or a contract for a health-relatedcondition that (i) includes coverage for specific health care servicesor benefits; (ii) places limitations or restrictions on deductibles,coinsurance, copayments, or any annual or lifetime maximum benefitamounts; or (iii) includes a specific category of licensed healthcare practitioners from whom an insured is entitled to receive care. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2021 | SB 1473 | Virginia SB 1473 (2021) |
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Virginia SB 1473 (2021) — Health Insurance Reform Commission; mandated health insurance benefit or provider.
Health Insurance Reform Commission; mandatedhealth insurance benefit or provider. Provides that, for thepurposes of the requirement that the Chair of the House Committeeon Labor and Commerce or Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor refercertain legislation regarding a mandated health insurance benefit or provider to the Health Insurance Reform Commission for review, "mandated health insurance benefit or provider" means coverage requiredunder the laws of the Commonwealth to be provided in a policy of accident and sickness insurance or a contract for a health-relatedcondition that (i) includes coverage for specific health care servicesor benefits; (ii) places limitations or restrictions on deductibles,coinsurance, copayments, or any annual or lifetime maximum benefitamounts; or (iii) includes a specific category of licensed healthcare practitioners from whom an insured is entitled to receive care.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0259 (committee substitute) — source
- Presented and ordered printed 21102753D (committee substitute) — source
- SB1473ER (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rules (18-Y 0-N) — 18–0 (pass) · lower
- Continued to Special Session 1 in Rules — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rules (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Richard L. Saslaw — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-22 Presented and ordered printed 21102753D
introduction - 2021-01-22 Referred to Committee on Rules
referral-committee - 2021-01-27 Impact statement from SCC (SB1473)
- 2021-01-29 Reported from Rules (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-01 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-02 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2021-02-02 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-02 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage - 2021-02-05 Placed on Calendar
- 2021-02-05 Read first time
reading-1 - 2021-02-05 Referred to Committee on Rules
referral-committee - 2021-02-08 Continued to Special Session 1 in Rules
- 2021-02-19 Reported from Rules (18-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-23 Read second time
reading-2 - 2021-02-24 Read third time
reading-3 - 2021-02-24 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
passage - 2021-02-24 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-26 Enrolled
- 2021-02-26 Impact statement from SCC (SB1473ER)
- 2021-02-26 Signed by Speaker
- 2021-02-27 Signed by President
- 2021-03-01 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
- 2021-03-01 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 2021-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 259 (effective 7/1/21)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/89d89907-9963-490d-b903-2f41cfaef593. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).