Virginia 2020 Regular Session Status: In Committee

HB 579 — Health insurance; coverage for mammograms.

Last action — Continued to 2021 in Labor and Commerce

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House of Delegates
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2020 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Health insurance; coverage for mammograms.Requires health insurers, on and after January 1, 2021, to providecoverage for low-dose screening mammograms at rates that are more frequent than is currently required if the covered individual hasa family history of breast cancer. If the individual has a familyhistory of breast cancer, the bill requires coverage for annual mammogramsfrom age 30 through 49 and biannual mammograms starting at age 50.However, the age at which such coverage of annual mammograms startsshall be younger than 30 if the covered individual's mother was diagnosedwith breast cancer at an age earlier than 40, in which event coveragestarts during the year that the individual attains an age that is10 years younger than the age of the individual's mother at thetime of her diagnosis.

Bill Text

  • Impact statement from SCC (HB579) View text Current html January 06, 2020

Action History

  1. Continued to 2021 in Labor and Commerce

  2. Impact statement from SCC (HB579)

  3. Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2021

  4. Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2

  5. Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce

  6. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102080D

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1 sponsors · 8 co-sponsors · 139 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (8)

Not signed on (139)

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 579 do?
Health insurance; coverage for mammograms.Requires health insurers, on and after January 1, 2021, to providecoverage for low-dose screening mammograms at rates that are more frequent than is currently required if the covered individual hasa family history of breast cancer. If the individual has a familyhistory of breast cancer, the bill requires coverage for annual mammogramsfrom age 30 through 49 and biannual mammograms starting at age 50.However, the age at which such coverage of annual mammograms startsshall be younger than 30 if the covered individual's mother was diagnosedwith breast cancer at an age earlier than 40, in which event coveragestarts during the year that the individual attains an age that is10 years younger than the age of the individual's mother at thetime of her diagnosis.
Who sponsors HB 579?
HB 579 is sponsored by Karrie K. Delaney, Patrick A. Hope, Sam Rasoul, Joseph D. Morrissey, Elizabeth R. Guzman, Samirah, Ibraheem S., Mugler, Martha M., Levine, Mark H., and Coyner, Carrie E..
What is the current status of HB 579?
This bill died with 2020 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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