Virginia House Bill 16 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: Passed on March 29 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-03-29 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0556)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Insurance; payment for services by dentists and oral surgeons. Requires that reimbursements payable or paid by a dental plan for covered services be reasonable and not provide nominal reimbursement in order to claim that services are covered services under the applicable dental plan. A reimbursement is reasonable if it is the negotiated fee, rate, or reimbursement methodology that is set forth in the contract between a dental plan and a dentist or oral surgeon and is acceptable to the provider. The measure applies to contracts between a dental plan and a dentist or oral surgeon for the provision of health care to patients that is entered into, amended, extended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2017. The bill contains a delayed effective date of January 1, 2017.

Health insurance; payment for services by dentists and oral surgeons.

Del. Lee Ware [R]	Del. David Yancey [R]	Sen. Chris Head [R]	Del. Christopher Peace [R]
Del. Charles Poindexter [R]	Del. Vivian Watts [D]

2016-03-03 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-03-03 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N) (Y: 36 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-03-03 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-03-02 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-29 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-01-27 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 102 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-01-21 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-29		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0556)
2016-03-29		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 556 (effective 1/1/17)
2016-03-09		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, April 10, 2016
2016-03-09	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/9/2016
2016-03-09	Senate	Signed by President
2016-03-07	House	Signed by Speaker
2016-03-07	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB16ER)
2016-03-07	House	Enrolled
2016-03-03	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2016-03-03	Senate	Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N)
2016-03-03	Senate	Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2016-03-03	Senate	Read third time
2016-03-02	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2016-02-29	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N)
2016-01-28	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2016-01-28	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2016-01-27	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
2016-01-27	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2016-01-26	House	Printed as engrossed 16100494D-E
2016-01-26	House	Engrossed by House as amended HB16E
2016-01-26	House	Committee amendments agreed to
2016-01-26	House	Read second time
2016-01-25	House	Read first time
2016-01-21	House	Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (21-Y 0-N)
2015-11-16	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2015-11-16	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100494D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
38	2	3407.17	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+HB16
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB16+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB16E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB16ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0556+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+H14V0017+HB0016
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+HV0071+HB0016
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+S02V0099+HB0016
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0784HB0016+HB0016
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0821HB0016+HB0016
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0822HB0016+HB0016
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0823HB0016+HB0016