Virginia House Bill 357 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-02-14 - House: Left in Commerce and Labor (0-Y 0-N)
Pending: House Commerce and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Virginia Health Benefits Exchange. Creates the Virginia Health Benefits Exchange Authority as a political subdivision of the Commonwealth. The Authority is charged with establishing and operating health benefit exchanges for qualified individuals and small businesses, collectively referred to as the Exchange. The measure also provides for the Authority to perform, or provide for the performance by other state agencies of, duties associated with the operation of the Exchange as required by the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and implements the intent set forth in Chapter 823 of the 2011 Acts of Assembly that Virginia create and operate its own health benefits exchange to preserve and enhance competition in the health insurance market. The Authority is authorized to enter agreements with the State Corporation Commission and Departments of Medical Assistance Services, Health, and Social Services regarding the performance of duties related to the conduct of the Exchange. The Exchange will be funded by assessments on health insurers offering plans in the Exchange. Persons who file information that is known to be false or misleading, or willfully and knowingly violate any provision of the act, are subject to a civil penalty of not more than $5,000. The measure provides that the same market rules will apply to health plans sold inside and outside the Exchange, and that mandated health benefits applicable to plans offered outside the Exchange will also apply to plans offered through the Exchange. Insurance companies are required to offer the same health plans, for the same price, inside and outside the Exchange. Insurers are prohibited from offering bronze level plans outside the Exchange unless they also offer such plans through the Exchange. The State Corporation Commission is required to ensure that insurance agents and brokers are not provided with financial incentives to direct persons either to the Exchange or outside the Exchange. The measure will expire on the effective date of a final, nonappealable order of a court of proper jurisdiction invalidating the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or of federal legislation repealing the federal act.

Virginia Health Benefit Exchange Authority; created.

Del. Betsy Carr [D]	Del. Eileen Filler-Corn [D]	Del. Patrick Hope [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]
Sen. Jennifer McClellan [D]	Del. David Toscano [D]	Del. Vivian Watts [D]

2012-02-14 - House - House: Left in Commerce and Labor (0-Y 0-N) (Y: 0 N: 0 NV: 23 Abs: 0) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-02-14		House: Left in Commerce and Labor (0-Y 0-N)
2012-01-31		House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2012-01-19		House: Assigned C & L sub: #1
2012-01-10		House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2012-01-10		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12101057D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	2818	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	2905	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3705.7	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3711	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	4002	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	4343	(n/a)	See Bill Text
32	1	16	(n/a)	See Bill Text
32	1	321.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	1809.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	200	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	316	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	3430.1:2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	3510.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	3522.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	3523.4	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	6400	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	6431	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	206	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+sum+HB357
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+HB357+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+H14V0092+HB0357