HB 1922 Virginia House of Delegates · 2021 Regular Session

Medical assistance; coverage for reproductive health services.

Summary
Medical assistance; coverage for reproductivehealth services. Directs the Board of Medical Assistance Servicesto include in the state plan for medical assistance services a provisionfor the payment of medical assistance for medically necessary reproductivehealth care service for eligible individuals, and provides that medical benefits required to be provided to individuals eligible for medicalassistance under the Family Access to Medical Insurance Security(FAMIS) Plan shall include reproductive health care services forwhich the payment of medical assistance is required under the stateplan for medical assistance. The bill directs the Board of MedicalAssistance Services to adopt emergency regulations to implement theprovisions of the bill. The bill also requires health benefit plansto cover the costs of specified health care services, drugs, devices,products, and procedures related to reproductive health. The healthbenefit plan requirements become effective when a plan is delivered, issued for delivery, reissued, or extended in the Commonwealth onand after January 1, 2022, or at any time thereafter when any termof the health benefit plan is changed or any premium adjustment ismade.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
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Governor
Introduced Jan 10, 2021 Last action Feb 5, 2021
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Jan 10, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
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Jan 10, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102593D
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1 primary · 6 co-sponsors

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