Virginia House Bill 667 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2008 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2008-01-29 - House: Passed by in Commerce and Labor with letter (21-Y 0-N)

Health insurance; coverage for alternatives to surgery. Requires health insurers, corporations providing accident and sickness subscription contracts, and health maintenance organizations whose policies, contracts or plans cover surgical treatment of a medical condition or disease to also cover a nonsurgical treatment for the condition or disease if it is (i) less expensive, (ii) less dangerous, (iii) not experimental or investigational, (iv) generally recognized by the regional medical community as an appropriate treatment for the condition or disease, and (v) not less efficacious than the surgical treatment.

Health insurance; coverage for alternatives to surgery.

Del. Robert Marshall [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2008-01-29		House: Passed by in Commerce and Labor with letter (21-Y 0-N)
2008-01-25		House: Assigned C & L sub: 2
2008-01-08		House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2008-01-08		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 080021616

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?081+sum+HB667