VirginiaHealth insurance; coverage for donor human milk, penalty.
What it does
Donor human milk banks; health insurance; coverage for donor human milk; penalty. Prohibits any person from establishing or operating a donor human milk bank, as defined in the bill, without first obtaining a license from the State Health Commissioner and makes it a Class 6 felony for any person to establish or operate a donor human milk bank in the Commonwealth without obtaining such license. The bill also establishes requirements, policies, and procedures, for the operation and administration of licensed human donor milk banks, including procedures relating to disciplinary actions, application fees, and inspections and interviews related to such donor human milk banks.
More detail
The bill directs (i) the State Board of Health to establish a regulatory and statutory scheme for the licensure and regulation of donor human milk banks operating or doing business in the Commonwealth and (ii) the Commissioner to implement and enforce numerous regulations relating to the issuance, renewal, denial, suspension, and revocation of such licenses. The bill requires (a) health insurers, corporations providing health care coverage subscription contracts, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for expenses and (b) the state plan for medical assistance services to include a provision for payment of medical assistance services incurred in the provision of pasteurized donor human milk for any infant that is younger than the age of six months and who satisfies certain criteria enumerated in the bill. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Feb 18Left in AppropriationsLatest
- Feb 13Committee substitute printed 25107090D-H1Major
- Vote recorded Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute and rereferred to Appropriations (20-Y 1-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 13Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute and referred to Appropriations (20-Y 1-N)Minor
- Feb 12Impact statement from VCSC (SB1186)
- Feb 11Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)Major
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 11Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1186)
- Feb 6Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1Minor
- Feb 6Referred to Committee on Labor and CommerceMinor
- Feb 6Read first timeMinor
- Feb 6Placed on Calendar
- Jan 31Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Passed Senate. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 31Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- Jan 31Rules suspended
- Jan 31Engrossed by Senate - committee substituteMajor
- Jan 31Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- Jan 31Reading of substitute waived
- Jan 31Education and Health Substitute rejected
- Jan 31Read second timeMinor
- Jan 30Impact statement from VCSC (SB1186)
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 30Passed by for the day
- Jan 30Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
- Jan 30Rules suspended
- Jan 29Committee substitute printed 25106402D-S2Major
- Vote recorded Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 29Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Jan 27Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1186)
- Jan 24Impact statement from VCSC (SB1186)
- Jan 23Committee substitute printed 25105569D-S1Major
- Vote recorded Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 23Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Jan 21Assigned Education sub: HealthMinor
- Jan 10Impact statement from VCSC (SB1186)
- Jan 8Referred to Committee on Education and HealthMinor
- Jan 8Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104489DIntroduced