Health insurance; coverage for donated human breast milk.
Summary
Health insurance; coverage for donated humanbreast milk. Requires health insurers, corporations providinghealth care coverage subscription contracts, and health maintenanceorganizations to provide coverage for expenses incurred in the provisionof pasteurized donated human breast milk. The requirement appliesif the covered person is an infant under the age of six months, themilk is obtained from a human milk bank that meets quality guidelinesestablished by the Department of Health, and a licensed medical practitionerhas issued an order for an infant who satisfies certain criteria.The measure applies to policies, contracts, and plans delivered,issued for delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 2023. Themeasure also requires the state plan for medical assistance servicesto include a provision for payment of medical assistance servicesincurred in the provision of pasteurized donated human breast milk.This bill is a recommendation of the Health Insurance Reform Commission.
Bill status
in committee
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Feb 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 11, 2022
Last action Feb 15, 2022
Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 1, 2022
How they voted
21–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 22
Feb 1, 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
12
Key actions
5
Committee
8
Feb 7, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N)
lower
Feb 2, 2022
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
lower
Feb 1, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Feb 1, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Commerce and Energy (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 1, 2022
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (21-0-1)
house of delegates
Jan 27, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 27, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 25, 2022
Committee
Assigned sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Jan 11, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
lower
Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102487D
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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