HB935
Health insurance; coverage for doula care services.
Summary
As Passed Both Chambers. Health insurance; coverage for doula care services.
Requires health insurers, corporations providing health care subscription contracts, and health maintenance organizations whose policy, contract, or plan includes coverage for obstetrical services to provide coverage for doula care services provided by a state-certified doula. The bill requires such coverage to include coverage for at least eight visits during the ... (More) antepartum or postpartum period and support during labor and delivery. The bill provides that health insurance carriers are (i) not required to pay for duplicate services actually rendered by both a state-certified doula and another health care provider and (ii) prohibited from requiring supervision, signature, or referral by any other health care provider as a condition of reimbursement for doula care services, except when those requirements are also applicable to other categories of health care providers. Such provisions of the bill are subject to a reenactment clause. The bill also requires the Health Insurance Reform Commission to consider coverage for doula care services in its review of the essential health benefits benchmark plan and to include such coverage in its recommendation to the General Assembly unless a compelling reason for excluding such coverage is identified. This bill is identical to SB 118.(Less)
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Bill History
- 01/09/2024 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101282D
- 01/09/2024 - House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 01/18/2024 - House: Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/26/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB935)
- 01/30/2024 - House: House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 01/30/2024 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/2024 - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/2024 - House: Committee substitute printed 24105534D-H1
- 02/02/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB935H1)
- 02/05/2024 - House: Read first time
- 02/06/2024 - House: Read second time
- 02/06/2024 - House: Committee substitute agreed to 24105534D-H1
- 02/06/2024 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB935H1
- 02/07/2024 - House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/2024 - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/08/2024 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/19/2024 - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/2024 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/21/2024 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/2024 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/23/2024 - Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/23/2024 - Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/23/2024 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/23/2024 - Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/2024 - House: Senate amendment rejected by House (0-Y 97-N)
- 02/27/2024 - House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N)
- 02/29/2024 - Senate: Senate insisted on amendment (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/29/2024 - Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 03/01/2024 - House: House acceded to request
- 03/01/2024 - House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/01/2024 - House: Delegates: LeVere Bolling, Herring, O'Quinn
- 03/04/2024 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/05/2024 - Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/05/2024 - Senate: Senators: Locke, Deeds, Stanley
- 03/06/2024 - Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 03/06/2024 - House: Conference report agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
- 03/06/2024 - House: VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/2024 - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/25/2024 - House: Enrolled
- 03/25/2024 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB935ER)
- 03/25/2024 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/26/2024 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/27/2024 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
- 03/27/2024 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 04/04/2024 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 460 (effective - see bill)
- 04/04/2024 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0460)
