Health insurance; coverage for prosthetic devices and components.
Summary
Health insurance; coverage for prosthetic devices.Requires health insurers, corporations providing health care coveragesubscription contracts, and health maintenance organizations to providecoverage for prosthetic devices, including myoelectric, biomechanical, or microprocessor-controlled prosthetic devices that have a Medicarecode. The measure repeals the existing requirement that coveragefor prosthetic devices be offered and made available. The measureapplies to policies, contracts, and plans delivered, issued for delivery,or renewed on or after January 1, 2023, or at any time thereafterwhen any term of the policy, contract, or plan is changed or anypremium adjustment is made. This bill is a recommendation of the HealthInsurance Reform Commission.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Mar 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2022
Signed into Law
Apr 2022
Introduced Jan 11, 2022
Signed Apr 11, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Feb 11, 2022 · House of Delegates Mar 7, 2022
How they voted
33–0
Passed
Total votes 33
Feb 11, 2022
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican16
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
53
Key actions
20
Committee
21
Amendments
3
Apr 11, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 599 (effective 7/1/22)
executive
Mar 11, 2022
Lower · Passed
Conference report agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N)
lower
Mar 11, 2022
Upper · Passed
Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Mar 11, 2022
Legislature · Passed
Amended by conference committee
legislature
Mar 9, 2022
Lower · Passed
House requested conference committee
lower
Mar 8, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed by temporarily
upper
Mar 7, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed House with substitute (95-Y 3-N)
lower
Mar 7, 2022
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB405H1
lower
Mar 7, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 22107042D-H1
lower
Mar 2, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Mar 1, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 25, 2022
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
lower
Feb 24, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Feb 24, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 22, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
lower
Feb 11, 2022
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 10, 2022
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB405E
upper
Feb 10, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
upper
Feb 10, 2022
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Feb 10, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
upper
Feb 10, 2022
Introduced
Reading of amendments waived
upper
Feb 8, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 8, 2022
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Feb 7, 2022
Upper · Passed
Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Jan 31, 2022
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Jan 31, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
upper
Jan 31, 2022
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Jan 11, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
upper
Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102486D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
GB
George Barker
DDemocratic
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