Health insurance; coverage for at-home blood pressure monitors, report.
Summary
Health insurance; coverage for at-home blood pressure monitors. Requires health insurers, health maintenance organizations, and corporations providing health care coverage subscription contracts to provide coverage for at-home blood pressure monitors to individuals who (i) have a diagnosis of hypertension, (ii) are at risk of developing hypertension, or (iii) have been recommended for at-home blood pressure monitoring by a licensed health care provider. The coverage provided under the bill shall not be subject to any copayment or fees for an at-home blood pressure monitor. The bill directs the Bureau of Insurance, in consultation with the Department of Health, to establish guidelines for implementing the coverage required by the bill, to monitor compliance of such requirements by health care providers, and to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly by December 1, 2026.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 7, 2025
Last action Feb 4, 2025
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Labor and Commerce Subcommittee Substitute
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Labor and Commerce Substitute
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The bill text was reformatted with significant whitespace changes and line breaks, but the substantive policy content remains identical. The core provision requiring health insurers to cover at-home blood pressure monitors for high-risk pregnancy patients was not altered.
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The document was reformatted with additional blank lines, indentation changes, and different line breaks, but no substantive policy language was added, removed, or modified.
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Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
1
Committee
3
Jan 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute and referred to Appropriations (12-Y 10-N)
lower
Jan 21, 2025
Committee
Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Jan 7, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
lower
1 primary · 20 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Delores McQuinn
DDemocratic
Co
A.C. Cordoza
RRepublican
Co
Adele McClure
DDemocratic
Co
Bill Stanley
RRepublican
Co
Candi King
DDemocratic
Co
Chad Green
RRepublican
Co
Cliff Hayes
DDemocratic
Co
Destiny LeVere Bolling
DDemocratic
Co
Holly Seibold
DDemocratic
Co
Irene Shin
DDemocratic
Co
J.R. Henson
DDemocratic
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