Virginia 2022 Regular Session Status: In Committee

HB 101 — Group health benefit plans; sponsoring associations, formation of benefits consortium.

Last action — Left in Commerce and Energy

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House of Delegates
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2022 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis.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

Group health benefit plans; sponsoring associations; formation of benefits consortium. Provides that sponsoring associations, including self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangements, mayprovide health benefit plans for small employers in the form of atrust benefit consortium, subject to certain requirements. The billincludes conditions for qualifying as a sponsoring association, requirementsfor the formation of a trust benefits consortium, and provisionsto establish a board of trustees. Under the bill, such trust benefitsconsortium is subject to the federal Employee Retirement Income SecurityAct of 1974 (ERISA) and U.S. Department of Labor regulations and suchtrust shall not include certain words or terms in its name that areuniquely descriptive of insurance companies or business, and a statementto this effect is required to be included on the first page of thehealth benefit plan documents. A benefits consortium or sponsoringassociation is exempt from the requirements of the Virginia Life,Accident and Sickness Insurance Guaranty Association and exempt fromannual license taxes under the bill.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Left in Commerce and Energy

  2. Impact statement from SCC (HB101)

  3. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy

  4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102793D

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 147 not signed on

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Not signed on (147)

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 101 do?
Group health benefit plans; sponsoring associations; formation of benefits consortium. Provides that sponsoring associations, including self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangements, mayprovide health benefit plans for small employers in the form of atrust benefit consortium, subject to certain requirements. The billincludes conditions for qualifying as a sponsoring association, requirementsfor the formation of a trust benefits consortium, and provisionsto establish a board of trustees. Under the bill, such trust benefitsconsortium is subject to the federal Employee Retirement Income SecurityAct of 1974 (ERISA) and U.S. Department of Labor regulations and suchtrust shall not include certain words or terms in its name that areuniquely descriptive of insurance companies or business, and a statementto this effect is required to be included on the first page of thehealth benefit plan documents. A benefits consortium or sponsoringassociation is exempt from the requirements of the Virginia Life,Accident and Sickness Insurance Guaranty Association and exempt fromannual license taxes under the bill.
Who sponsors HB 101?
HB 101 is sponsored by Christopher T. Head.
What is the current status of HB 101?
This bill died with 2022 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.
Where can I track HB 101?
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