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Bill Accident and sickness insurance; minimum standards. Accident and sickness insurance; minimum standards.Authorizes the State Corporation Commission to issue rules andregulations related to accident and sickness insurance minimum standardsand excepted benefits and provides that the purpose of such rulesand regulations is to establish (i) the minimum standards for filingof policy forms for individual and small group health benefit plans,(ii) the minimum standards, terms, and coverages for individual andgroup accident and sickness policies known as excepted benefits, and (iii) the minimum standards for short-term limited-duration insurance.The bill directs the Commission to ensure that such standards aresimple and understandable and are not misleading or unreasonablyconfusing, and that the sale of such policies provides for full disclosure. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2022 SB 337 Virginia SB 337 (2022)
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Virginia SB 337 (2022) — Accident and sickness insurance; minimum standards.

Accident and sickness insurance; minimum standards.Authorizes the State Corporation Commission to issue rules andregulations related to accident and sickness insurance minimum standardsand excepted benefits and provides that the purpose of such rulesand regulations is to establish (i) the minimum standards for filingof policy forms for individual and small group health benefit plans,(ii) the minimum standards, terms, and coverages for individual andgroup accident and sickness policies known as excepted benefits, and (iii) the minimum standards for short-term limited-duration insurance.The bill directs the Commission to ensure that such standards aresimple and understandable and are not misleading or unreasonablyconfusing, and that the sale of such policies provides for full disclosure.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. CHAP0531 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101309D (committee substitute) — source
  3. SB337ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • VOTE: Passage (98-Y 2-N) — 972 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Commerce and Energy (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) — 370 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • George L. Barker — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101309D introduction
  • 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
  • 2022-01-16 Impact statement from SCC (SB337)
  • 2022-01-17 Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-01-19 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-01-20 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2022-01-21 Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2022-02-22 Placed on Calendar
  • 2022-02-22 Read first time reading-1
  • 2022-02-22 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy referral-committee
  • 2022-02-24 Reported from Commerce and Energy (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-02-28 Read second time reading-2
  • 2022-03-01 Read third time reading-3
  • 2022-03-01 Passed House (98-Y 2-N) passage
  • 2022-03-01 VOTE: Passage (98-Y 2-N)
  • 2022-03-04 Enrolled
  • 2022-03-04 Signed by President
  • 2022-03-04 Signed by Speaker
  • 2022-03-08 Impact statement from SCC (SB337ER)
  • 2022-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
  • 2022-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
  • 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 531 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3946aa96-3e79-4a26-80c9-9b1005095efd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).