Health insurance; coverage for prostate cancer screening.
Summary
Health insurance; coverage for prostate cancerscreening. Updates the current mandated requirement for health care coverage companies (including health insurers and HMOs), thehealth care coverage plan for state employees, and the state planfor Medicaid that provides coverage for one PSA test in a 12-monthperiod to persons age 50 and over and to persons age 40 and overwho are at high risk for prostate cancer according to American CancerSociety Guidelines such that the new coverage requirement is forprostate cancer screening that includes the current test and thecurrent guidelines. The updated coverage begins January 1, 2023.
Bill status
in committee
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Jan 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2022
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 11, 2022
Last action Jan 27, 2022
Floor votes · House of Delegates Jan 27, 2022
How they voted
21–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 22
Jan 27, 2022
D
Democratic10
100% Yea
R
Republican12
91% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
5
Key actions
1
Committee
1
Jan 27, 2022
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (21-0-1)
house of delegates
Jan 11, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
lower
Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102914D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Terry Austin
RRepublican
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