Virginia House Bill 2049 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-05 - Left in Commerce and Labor
Pending: House Commerce and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Health insurance; coverage for donated human breast milk. Requires health insurers, corporations providing health care coverage subscription contracts, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for expenses incurred in the provision of pasteurized donated human breast milk. The requirement applies if the covered person is an infant under the age of six months, the milk is obtained from a human milk bank that meets quality guidelines established by the Department of Health, and a licensed medical practitioner has 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, 2020. The measure also requires the state plan for medical assistance services to include a provision for payment of medical assistance services incurred in the provision of pasteurized donated human breast milk.

Health insurance; coverage for donated human breast milk.

Sen. Jennifer Carroll Foy [D]	Del. Hala Ayala [D]	Del. Betsy Carr [D]	Del. Wendy Gooditis [D]
Del. Patrick Hope [D]	Del. Mark Keam [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Paul Krizek [D]
Del. Mark Levine [D]	Del. Michael Mullin [D]	Del. Sam Rasoul [D]	Del. David Reid [D]
Del. Debra Rodman [D]	Sen. Danica Roem [D]	Del. Marcus Simon [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-05	House	Left in Commerce and Labor
2019-01-07	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2019-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102318D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
32	1	325	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	3418.18	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	4319	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2049
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2049+hil