SB 605 Virginia Senate · 2020 Regular Session

Health insurance; formula and enteral nutrition products.

Summary
Health insurance; formula and enteral nutrition products. Requires health insurers, health care subscription plans, and health maintenance organizations whose policy, contract, or plan includes coverage for medicines to classify medically necessary formula and enteral nutrition products as medicine and to include coverage for medically necessary formula and enteral nutrition products for covered individuals requiring treatment for an inherited metabolic disorder. Such coverage is required to be provided on the same terms and subject to the same conditions imposed on other medicines covered under the policy, contract, or plan. The measure provides that the required coverage includes any medical equipment, supplies, and services that are required to administer the covered formula or enteral nutrition products. These requirements apply only to formula and enteral nutrition products that are furnished pursuant to the prescription or order of a physician or other health care professional qualified to make such prescription or order for the management of an inherited metabolic disorder and are used under medical supervision. This bill incorporates SB 654 and is identical to HB 840.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Jan 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 7, 2020 Signed Mar 10, 2020
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
34
Key actions
9
Committee
9
Amendments
1
Mar 10, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 215 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 21, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 18, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Labor and Commerce (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 13, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
lower
Jan 31, 2020
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 30, 2020
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB605ES1
upper
Jan 30, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
upper
Jan 30, 2020
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Jan 30, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20106265D-S1
upper
Jan 28, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 20, 2020
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Jan 20, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 7, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
upper
Jan 7, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104766D
upper
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors

Sponsors