VirginiaHealth insurance; coverage for diabetes.
What it does
Health insurance; coverage for diabetes. Requires that each insurer providing coverage for diabetes shall include benefits for FDA-approved insulin, continuous blood glucose monitoring, and regular foot care and eye care exams in addition to equipment, supplies, and self-management training and education. The bill allows for such self-management training and education to be provided either in-person outpatient or through telemedicine.
More detail
Under the bill, such coverage for self-management training and education shall include up to three outpatient visits upon an individual receiving an initial diagnosis of diabetes and up to two medically necessary visits to a qualified provider upon a significant change in the patient's symptoms or medical condition. The bill also repeals certain provisions of law related to cost-sharing for insulin and provides that the coverage required by the bill shall be exempt from any deductible or cost-sharing payment requirement. The provisions of the bill apply to insurance policies, contracts, and plans issued for delivery, reissued, extended, or amended on and after January 1, 2025.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2024
- Nov 18Left in AppropriationsLatest
- Feb 9Continued to 2025 in Appropriations (Voice Vote)
- Feb 9Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 (Voice Vote)
- Feb 5Impact statement from DPB (HB610H1)
- Feb 2Assigned App. sub: Compensation and RetirementMinor
- Feb 1Referred to Committee on AppropriationsMinor
- Vote recorded Reported with substitute. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 1Committee substitute printed 24106730D-H1Major
- Feb 1Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (12-Y 10-N)Minor
- Jan 30Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on AppropriationsMinor
- Vote recorded Reported with substitute. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 30Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 3-N)Major
- Jan 25Impact statement from DPB (HB610)
- Jan 16Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1Minor
- Jan 9Referred to Committee on Labor and CommerceMinor
- Jan 9Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104247DIntroduced