Virginia Senate Bill 1161 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 3 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-04-03 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0840)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Expedited review of adverse coverage determinations; cancer patients. Provides that a covered person shall not be required to have exhausted his health carrier's internal appeal process before seeking an external review of an adverse determination regarding coverage of treatment if the treatment is to treat his cancer. The measure provides that a covered person may request an expedited external review if the adverse determination relates to the treatment of a cancer of the covered person. The measure requires health carriers' notices of the right to an external review to notify covered persons of this provision. The bill has an emergency clause and is identical to HB 1915.

Cancer patients; expedited review of adverse coverage determinations.

Sen. Frank Ruff [R]

2019-04-03 - House - House: VOTE: ADOPTION EMERGENCY (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-04-03 - Senate - Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-15 - Senate - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-13 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-12 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-31 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (12-Y 1-N) (Y: 12 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-04-03		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0840)
2019-04-03	House	Enacted, Chapter 840 (effective 4/3/19)
2019-04-03	House	Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
2019-04-03	Senate	Signed by President as reenrolled
2019-04-03	Senate	Reenrolled bill text (SB1161ER2)
2019-04-03	Senate	Reenrolled
2019-04-03		Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
2019-04-03		Governor: Emergency clause added by Governor's recommendation
2019-04-03	House	VOTE: ADOPTION EMERGENCY (99-Y 0-N)
2019-04-03	House	House concurred in Governor's recommendation (99-Y 0-N)
2019-04-03	Senate	Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (38-Y 0-N)
2019-03-21	Senate	Governor's recommendation received by Senate
2019-02-27		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
2019-02-27	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 27, 2019
2019-02-20	House	Signed by Speaker
2019-02-20	Senate	Signed by President
2019-02-20	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1161ER)
2019-02-20	Senate	Enrolled
2019-02-15	Senate	Title replaced 19106460D-H1
2019-02-15	Senate	House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2019-02-13	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
2019-02-13	House	Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
2019-02-13	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1161H1
2019-02-13	House	Committee substitute agreed to 19106460D-H1
2019-02-13	House	Read third time
2019-02-12	House	Read second time
2019-02-12	House	Committee substitute printed 19106460D-H1
2019-02-12	House	Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
2019-02-06	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2019-02-06	House	Read first time
2019-02-06	House	Placed on Calendar
2019-02-04	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2019-02-04	Senate	Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2019-02-04	Senate	Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2019-02-04	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2019-02-04	Senate	Read second time and engrossed
2019-02-01	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2019-01-31	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor (12-Y 1-N)
2019-01-02	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2019-01-02	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103054D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
38	2	3561	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	3562	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+SB1161
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1161+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1161H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1161ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1161ER2+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0840+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S02V0103+SB1161
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0313SB1161+SB1161
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0355SB1161+SB1161
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0362SB1161+SB1161
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0364SB1161+SB1161
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0365SB1161+SB1161
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H14V0151+SB1161
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV2695+SB1161
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0673SB1161+SB1161
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV1136SB1161+SB1161
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV3432+SB1161