Health insurance; short-term, limited-duration health plans, renewal guarantees.
Summary
Provides that any carrier offering short-term, limited-duration health plans may offer for sale a guaranteed option, defined in the bill as a contract or agreement between a covered person and a carrier that guarantees the option of the covered person to purchase a new short-term, limited-duration health plan at a future date without re-underwriting. The measure specifies that a guaranteed option is not a health benefit plan and that any guaranteed option may set a specified premium rate for any short-term, limited-duration health plan that it guarantees will be available to the covered person in the future.
Bill status
in committee
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 11, 2019
Last action Feb 6, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 4, 2019
How they voted
34–0
Passed
Total votes 34
Feb 4, 2019
D
Democratic14
100% Yea
R
Republican20
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Feb 6, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1674S1
upper
Feb 4, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19106219D-S1
upper
Feb 4, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (34-0)
senate
Jan 11, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
upper
Jan 11, 2019
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 19104119D
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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