Special Assistant to the Governor for DisabilityRights Advocacy; position created; report. Creates the positionof Special Assistant to the Governor for Disability Rights Advocacy (the Special Assistant) for the purpose of representing Virginianswith disabilities in a comprehensive and authoritative manner byensuring that all state agencies provide adequate services, resources,and accommodations to such persons. The bill directs the SpecialAssistant to submit an annual report to the Governor on or beforeDecember 1, through the Secretary of Health and Human Resources,that (i) outlines the key issues and problems discovered within stateagencies that impact people with disabilities; (ii) identifies thedetails of any plan of action implemented by the Special Assistantto address and remediate such issues and problems; (iii) provideslegislative recommendations that would improve processes and proceduresacross all state agencies with regard to the provision of services, resources, and accommodations to people with disabilities; and (iv)details such other matters as required by the Governor.
Del. Cia Price
Sponsored bills
Gun Violence Survivor Assistance Fund and GrantProgram. Establishes the Gun Violence Survivor Assistance Fundand Grant Program, to be administered by the Department of CriminalJustice Services for the purpose of providing grants to gun violencesurvivors who are in need of financial assistance to make accessibilityadaptations to their homes to accommodate a disability resultingfrom a gun violence-related injury.
Celebrating the life of Jameel Jalal Abed.
Celebrating the life of the Honorable FrankDuVal Hargrove, Sr.
Historical African American cemeteries and graves;Isle of Wight, Prince George, and Surry Counties. Adds fourcemeteries in Isle of Wight County, one cemetery in Prince GeorgeCounty, and eight cemeteries in Surry County to the list of cemeteriesfor which qualified organizations may receive funds from the Departmentof Historic Resources for the care of historical African Americancemeteries and graves. The bill also directs the Department of HistoricResources, in consultation with the relevant qualified organizations,to verify the number of graves, monuments, and markers in such cemeteries.
Health insurance; coverage for polycystic ovarysyndrome (PCOS). Requires health insurers, health maintenanceorganizations, and corporations providing health care coverage subscriptioncontracts to provide coverage for treatment of PCOS, if diagnosedby a gynecologist, endocrinologist, primary care physician, pediatrician,nurse practitioner, dermatologist, or infertility specialist. Thebill specifies which types of treatment will be covered for PCOS.The bill applies to policies, contracts, and plans delivered, issuedfor delivery, or renewed on and after January 1, 2023.
State health plan; insulin discount program; health insurance; cost sharing for insulin. Requires the state health plan established by the Department of Human Resource Management to offer an insulin discount program that allows individuals other than state employees to purchase insulin at a discounted, post-rebate price. The bill requires the insulin discount program to (i) allow a participant to purchase insulin at a discounted, post-rebate price; (ii) provide a participant with a card or electronic document that identifies the participant as eligible for the discount; (iii) provide a participant with information about pharmacies that will honor the discount; and (iv) provide a participant with instructions to pursue a reimbursement of the purchase price from the participant's carrier. The bill requires the discount program to charge a price for insulin that allows the program to retain only enough of any rebate for the insulin to make the state risk pool whole for providing discounted insulin to participants.Additionally, the bill requires health plans offered by a carrier to set the cost-sharing payment that a covered person is required to pay for at least one prescription insulin drug in each therapy category at an amount that does not exceed $30 per 30-day supply of the prescription insulin drug unless the health plan (a) covers at least one prescription insulin drug for the treatment of diabetes in each therapy category under the lowest tier of drugs and does not require cost sharing other than the cost sharing payment before the plan will cover insulin at the lowest tier or (b) guarantees that a covered person is not required to pay more out of pocket for a prescription insulin drug than the covered person would pay to obtain the prescription insulin drug through the insulin discount program and caps the total amount that a covered person is required to pay for at least one prescription insulin drug in each therapy category at an amount not to exceed $100 per 30-day supply of the prescription insulin drug. Under current law, a health plan is required to set the cost-sharing payment that a covered person is required to pay for a covered prescription insulin drug at an amount that does not exceed $50 per 30-day supply of the prescription insulin drug, regardless of the amount or type of insulin needed to fill the covered person's prescription.The bill also allows a health plan that provides coverage of a prescription insulin drug with the cost-sharing limits established in the bill to condition the cost-sharing limits on (1) the covered person's participation in a wellness-related activities for diabetes, (2) purchasing the prescription insulin drug at an in-network pharmacy, or (3) choosing a prescription insulin drug from the lowest ties of the health plan' s formulary.
Commending Richard D. Holcomb.
Celebrating the life of Hattie Ann Thomas Lucas.
Assistance for certain voters outside of thepolling place; definition of disability. Expands the definition of disability for purposes of providing assistance outside of a pollingplace to voters with disabilities to include any permanent or temporarydisability. Under current law, the disability is limited to a permanentor temporary physical disability.