West Virginia 2025 Regular Session Status: Passed House Of Delegates 11 R cosponsors

HB 3505 — Relating to insurance

Last action — Referred to Rules on 2nd reading

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

This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House of Delegates” 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

14 added · 31 removed

Plain-language change summary

The updated version of HB 3505 retains its coverage mandate for scalp cooling systems during chemotherapy treatment but removes some repetitive language from the bill. The purpose of this amendment is to streamline the text and make it clearer without changing the core requirement that insurance policies offer coverage for these devices starting January 1, 2026. This matters because it improves the clarity of the bill, ensuring patients and healthcare providers understand the coverage details more easily.

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HB3505 ORG WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION Originating House Bill 3505 By Delegates Barnhart, Hall, Rorhbach, Hott, Riley, Fehrenbacher, J.
WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION ENGROSSED House Bill 3505 By Delegates Barnhart, Hall, Rorhbach, Hott, Riley, Fehrenbacher, J.
Cannon, Dittman, Mazzocchi, Statler and Canterbury [Originating in the Committee on Finance, March 21, 2025] A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding seven new sections, designated §5-16-8b, §9-5-34, §33-15-24, §33-16-20, §33-24-15, §33-25-23 and §33- 25A-37, relating to insurance;
Cannon, Dittman, Mazzocchi, Statler and Canterbury [Originating in the Committee on Finance, March 21, 2025] Eng HB 3505 A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding seven new sections, designated §5-16-8b, §9-5-34, §33-15-24, §33-16-20, §33-24-15, §33-25-23 and §33- 25A-37, relating to insurance;
§9-5-34.
Eng HB 3505 §9-5-34.
HB ORGFebruary 12, 2025 (a) A policy, plan or contract that is issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2026, and is subject to this article that provides coverage for cancer chemotherapy treatment shall provide coverage for scalp cooling systems used in connection with cancer chemotherapy treatment.
(a) A policy, plan or contract that is issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2026, and is subject to this article that provides coverage for cancer chemotherapy treatment shall provide coverage for scalp cooling systems used in connection with cancer chemotherapy treatment.
ARTICLE 16.
Eng HB 3505 ARTICLE 16.
HB ORGClick here to enter text.
(b) For the purpose of this section, "scalp cooling system" means any device used to cool the human scalp to prevent or reduce hair loss during cancer chemotherapy treatment, provided HB ORGClick here to enter text.
Eng HB 3505 (b) For the purpose of this section, "scalp cooling system" means any device used to cool the human scalp to prevent or reduce hair loss during cancer chemotherapy treatment, provided that such device is designed and intended for repeated use and is primarily and customarily used to serve a medical purpose.
that such device is designed and intended for repeated use and is primarily and customarily used to serve a medical purpose.
Coverage provided under this section may be subject to annual deductibles and coinsurance, including copayments, as may be deemed appropriate by the commissioner and as are consistent with those established for other benefits within a given policy.
Coverage provided under this section may be subject to annual deductibles and coinsurance, Eng HB 3505 including copayments, as may be deemed appropriate by the commissioner and as are consistent with those established for other benefits within a given policy.
(b) For the purpose of this section, "scalp cooling system" means any device used to cool HB ORGClick here to enter text.
(b) For the purpose of this section, "scalp cooling system" means any device used to cool the human scalp to prevent or reduce hair loss during cancer chemotherapy treatment, provided that such device is designed and intended for repeated use and is primarily and customarily used to serve a medical purpose.
the human scalp to prevent or reduce hair loss during cancer chemotherapy treatment, provided that such device is designed and intended for repeated use and is primarily and customarily used to serve a medical purpose.
NOTE:
The purpose of this bill is to provide health insurance coverage for scalp cooling systems or the preservation of hair during cancer chemotherapy treatment.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
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Action History

  1. Referred to Rules on 2nd reading

  2. On 2nd reading

  3. Read 1st time

  4. Immediate consideration

  5. 2nd reference dispensed

  6. Reported do pass, with amendment, but first to Finance

  7. To Health and Human Resources

  8. To Health and Human Resources then Finance

  9. Introduced in Senate

  10. Communicated to Senate

  11. Passed House (Roll No. 298)

  12. Read 3rd time

  13. On 3rd reading, Special Calendar

  14. Read 2nd time

  15. On 2nd reading, Special Calendar

  16. Read 1st time

  17. On 1st reading, Special Calendar

  18. Do pass

  19. Originating in House Finance

  20. Introduced in House

  21. Filed for introduction

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 10 co-sponsors · 141 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (10)

Not signed on (141)

141 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

PASSAGE

Passed 95 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 82003
Unaffiliated 4002
Democrat 9000
Total 95005
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (100)
Member Party Vote
Devault — Yea
Flanigan — Yea
Linville — Yea
Steele — Not Voting
Kump — Not Voting
Clark, T — Yea
Anitra Hamilton Democrat Yea
Evan Hansen Democrat Yea
Hollis Lewis Democrat Yea
John Williams Democrat Yea
Kayla Young Democrat Yea
Mike Pushkin Democrat Yea
Rick Garcia Democrat Yea
Sean Hornbuckle Democrat Yea
Shawn Fluharty Democrat Yea
Adam Burkhammer Republican Yea
Adam Vance Republican Yea
Andy Shamblin Republican Yea
Betsy Kelly Republican Yea
Bill Ridenour Republican Yea
Bob Fehrenbacher Republican Yea
Bryan Smith Republican Yea
Bryan Ward Republican Yea
Carl "Bill" Roop Republican Yea
Carl Martin Republican Not Voting
Charles Sheedy Republican Yea
Chris Phillips Republican Yea
Christopher W. Toney Republican Yea
Chuck Horst Republican Yea
Clay Riley Republican Yea
D. Rolland Jennings Republican Yea
Dana Ferrell Republican Yea
Dave Foggin Republican Yea
David Cannon Republican Yea
David Green Republican Not Voting
David McCormick Republican Yea
Dean Jeffries Republican Yea
Doug Smith Republican Yea
Elias Coop-Gonzalez Republican Yea
Eric Brooks Republican Yea
Erica Moore Republican Yea
Evan Worrell Republican Yea
Gary G. Howell Republican Yea
Geno Chiarelli Republican Yea
George Miller Republican Yea
George Street Republican Yea
Henry Dillon Republican Yea
Ian T. Masters Republican Yea
James Robert "JB" Akers II Republican Yea
Jarred Cannon Republican Yea
Jeff Campbell Republican Yea
Jeff Eldridge Republican Yea
Jeffrey Stephens Republican Yea
Jim Butler Republican Yea
Jimmy Willis Republican Yea
Joe Ellington Republican Yea
Joe Funkhouser Republican Yea
Joe Parsons Republican Yea
Joe Statler Republican Yea
John Paul Hott Republican Yea
Jonathan Kyle Republican Yea
Jonathan Pinson Republican Yea
Jordan Bridges Republican Yea
Jordan Maynor Republican Yea
Josh Holstein Republican Yea
Kathie Hess Crouse Republican Yea
Keith Marple Republican Yea
Laura Kimble Republican Yea
Lisa White Republican Yea
Lori Dittman Republican Yea
Margitta Mazzocchi Republican Yea
Mark Dean Republican Yea
Mark Zatezalo Republican Yea
Marshall W. Clay Republican Yea
Marty Gearheart Republican Yea
Matthew Rohrbach Republican Yea
Michael Amos Republican Yea
Michael Hite Republican Yea
Michael Hornby Republican Yea
Mickey Petitto Republican Yea
Pat McGeehan Republican Yea
Patrick Lucas Republican Not Voting
Phil Mallow Republican Yea
Ray Canterbury Republican Yea
Rick Hillenbrand Republican Yea
Roger Hanshaw Republican Yea
Roy Cooper Republican Yea
Ryan Browning Republican Yea
S. Chris Anders Republican Yea
Sarah Drennan Republican Yea
Scot C. Heckert Republican Yea
Stanley Adkins Republican Yea
Trenton Barnhart Republican Yea
Tresa Howell Republican Yea
Tristan Leavitt Republican Yea
Vacant1 Republican Yea
Vernon Criss Republican Yea
Walter Hall Republican Yea
Wayne Clark Republican Yea
William Anderson Republican Yea

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Subjects

health-insurance
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 3505?
HB 3505 is sponsored by Trenton Barnhart (Republican), Walter Hall (Republican), Matthew Rohrbach (Republican), John Paul Hott (Republican), Clay Riley (Republican), Bob Fehrenbacher (Republican), Jarred Cannon (Republican), Lori Dittman (Republican), Margitta Mazzocchi (Republican), Joe Statler (Republican), and Ray Canterbury (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 3505?
This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House of Delegates” 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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