2023 Regular Session • Virginia Legislature
HB2198: Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Bureau of Insurance to select a new plan.
Legislative Summary
Health insurance; essential health benefits benchmark plan. Requires the Bureau of Insurance to select a new essential health benefits benchmark plan for the 2025 plan year that includes, in addition to the essential health benefits package included in the existing benchmark plan, coverage for prosthetic devices and components and formula and enteral nutrition products as medicine. The bill contains an emergency clause. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Health Insurance Reform Commission.
Bill History
1/11/2023
Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/11/23
House of Delegates
1/11/2023
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
House of Delegates
1/31/2023
Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
House of Delegates
1/31/2023
Committee substitute printed 23105975D-H1
House of Delegates
2/2/2023
Read first time
House of Delegates
2/3/2023
Read second time
House of Delegates
2/3/2023
Committee substitute agreed to 23105975D-H1
House of Delegates
2/3/2023
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2198H1
House of Delegates
2/6/2023
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
House of Delegates
2/6/2023
VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
House of Delegates
2/7/2023
Constitutional reading dispensed
Senate
2/7/2023
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
Senate
2/13/2023
Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
Senate
2/15/2023
Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
Senate
2/16/2023
Read third time
Senate
2/16/2023
Reading of amendment waived
Senate
2/16/2023
Committee amendment agreed to
Senate
2/16/2023
Engrossed by Senate as amended
Senate
2/16/2023
Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
Senate
2/20/2023
Placed on Calendar
House of Delegates
2/20/2023
Senate amendment agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
House of Delegates
2/20/2023
VOTE: Adoption Emergency (98-Y 0-N)
House of Delegates
2/23/2023
Enrolled
House of Delegates
2/23/2023
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2198ER)
House of Delegates
2/23/2023
Signed by Speaker
House of Delegates
2/25/2023
Signed by President
Senate
3/2/2023
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
House of Delegates
3/2/2023
Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
3/22/2023
Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 271 (effective - see bill)
3/22/2023
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0271)
Amendments
Senate amendments engrossed
Senate amendments engrossed
2/16/2023Not Adopted
Substitute for HB2198 for Committee: Commerce and Energy
Substitute for HB2198 for Committee: Commerce and Energy
1/31/2023Not Adopted
Senate amendments
Senate amendments
12/17/2017Not Adopted
Roll Call Votes
House: VOTE: Adoption Emergency (98-Y 0-N)
2/20/2023
98
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
2
Absent
Result: PASSED
Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
2/16/2023
40
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2/15/2023
40
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
2/13/2023
15
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
2/6/2023
100
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
House: Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
1/31/2023
21
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Passed(3/22/2023)
Chamber
House of Delegates
Sine DiePrior Session
Sponsors
Republican: 1
Primary Sponsor
Kathy Byron
Republican