West Virginia 2020 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 641 — Allowing WVCHIP flexibility in rate setting

Last action — Chapter 187, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 28, 2020. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

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Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

138 added · 10 removed

Plain-language change summary

The revised version of SB 641 removes specific guidelines about how reimbursement rates for healthcare providers must be calculated, allowing for more flexibility in setting those rates. This change is significant because it could potentially streamline the process of implementing the Children’s Health Insurance Program for uninsured children from families earning between 200 and 300 percent of the federal poverty level. Additionally, the bill clarifies that state funds are not required to cover this program, which may ease concerns about state financial responsibilities in the future.

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SB641 HFAT Hill 2-17 CR 3338   Delegate Hill moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:
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COMMISSION JOINT RULES STAFF INFO BILL STATUS BILL STATUS BILL TRACKING STATE LAW WEST VIRGINIA CODE ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE CODE OF 1931 WV CONSTITUTION US CONSTITUTION REPORTS AGENCY REPORTS AGENCY GRANT AWARDS PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS POST AUDITS EDUCATIONAL CITIZEN’S GUIDE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM PAGE PROGRAM PUBLICATIONS PHOTO GALLERY CAPITOL HISTORY HOW A BILL BECOMES LAW CONTACT SENATE ROSTER HOUSE ROSTER PUBLIC INFO.
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641 -- “A Bill to amend and reenact §5-16B-6d of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the children’s health insurance program;
Green = existing Code.
Red = new code to be enacted WEST virginia legislature regular session Enrolled Senate Bill 641                             By Senator Maroney [Passed March 7, 2020;
in effect 90 days from passage] AN ACT to amend and reenact §5-16B-6d of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the Children’s Health Insurance Program;
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 16B.
WEST VIRGINIA CHILDREN’S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM.
§5-16B-6d.
Modified benefit plan implementation.
(a) Upon approval by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the board shall implement a benefit plan for uninsured children of families with income between 200 and 300 percent of the federal poverty level.
(b) The benefit plans offered pursuant to this section shall include services determined to be appropriate for children, but may vary from those currently offered by the board.
(c) The board shall structure the benefit plans for this expansion to include premiums, coinsurance or copays, and deductibles.
The board shall develop the cost-sharing features in such a manner as to keep the program fiscally stable without creating a barrier to enrollment.
Such features may include different cost-sharing features within this group based upon the percentage of the federal poverty level.
All provisions of §5-16B-1 et seq.
of this code are applicable to this expansion unless expressly addressed in §5-16B-6d of this code.
(d) Nothing in §5-16B-6d of this code may be construed to require any appropriation of state general revenue funds for the payment of any benefit provided pursuant to this section, except for the state appropriation used to match the federal financial participation funds.
In the event that federal funds are no longer authorized for participation by individuals eligible at income levels above 200 percent, the board shall take immediate steps to terminate the expansion provided for in this section and notify all enrollees of such termination.
In the event federal appropriations decrease for the programs created pursuant to Title XXI of the Social Security Act of 1997, the board is directed to make those decreases in this expansion program before making changes to the programs created for those children whose family income is less than 200 percent of the federal poverty level.
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Action History

  1. Chapter 187, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

  2. Approved by Governor 3/25/20

  3. To Governor 3/18/20

  4. Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal

  5. Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal

  6. To Governor 3/18/20 - House Journal

  7. To Governor 3/18/20 - Senate Journal

  8. Completed legislative action

  9. Communicated to House

  10. Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 586)

  11. House Message received

  12. Communicated to Senate

  13. Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)

  14. Passed House (Roll No. 571)

  15. Read 3rd time

  16. On 3rd reading, Special Calendar

  17. Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)

  18. Read 2nd time

  19. From House Calendar, 2nd reading, placed on Special Calendar

  20. From Special Calendar, 2nd reading, placed on House Calendar

  21. On 2nd reading, Special Calendar

  22. Read 1st time

  23. On 1st reading, Special Calendar

  24. With amendment, do pass

  25. To House Health and Human Resources

  26. To Health and Human Resources

  27. Introduced in House

  28. Ordered to House

  29. Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 127)

  30. Read 3rd time

  31. On 3rd reading

  32. Read 2nd time

  33. On 2nd reading

  34. Read 1st time

  35. On 1st reading

  36. Reported do pass

  37. To Health and Human Resources

  38. Introduced in Senate

  39. To Health and Human Resources

  40. Filed for introduction

Sponsors

  • Maroney · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 151 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Maroney

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (151)

151 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

PASSAGE

Passed 98 Yea · 2 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 25000
Unaffiliated 68200
Democrat 5000
Total 98200
% of votes cast 98%2%0%0%
How each member voted (100)
Member Party Vote
Kessinger — Yea
Rowan — Yea
Angelucci — Yea
Espinosa — Yea
Kump — Yea
Rowe — Yea
Atkinson — Yea
Estep-Burton — Yea
Lavender-Bowe — Yea
Shott — Yea
Evans — Yea
Linville — Yea
Skaff — Yea
Barnhart — Yea
Fleischauer — Yea
Little — Yea
Sponaugle — Yea
Longstreth — Yea
Staggers — Yea
Foster — Yea
Lovejoy — Yea
Steele — Yea
Bates — Yea
Graves — Yea
Mandt — Yea
Storch — Yea
Bibby — Yea
Hamrick — Yea
Summers — Yea
Boggs — Yea
Hanna — Yea
Swartzmiller — Yea
Brown, N. — Yea
Maynard — Yea
Sypolt — Yea
Brown, S. — Yea
Hardy — Yea
Thompson, C. — Yea
Hartman — Yea
Miley — Yea
Thompson, R. — Yea
Byrd — Yea
Hicks — Yea
Tomblin — Yea
Cadle — Yea
Higginbotham — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Hill — Yea
Pack — Yea
Walker — Yea
Canestraro — Yea
Paynter — Yea
Waxman — Yea
Capito — Yea
Pethtel — Yea
Westfall — Yea
Caputo — Yea
Householder — Yea
Phillips — Yea
Wilson — Yea
Cowles — Yea
Pyles — Yea
Jeffries, J. — Yea
Zukoff — Yea
Robinson — Yea
Diserio — Yea
Rodighiero — Yea
Doyle — Yea
Fast — Nay
Porterfield — Nay
Evan Hansen Democrat Yea
John Williams Democrat Yea
Mike Pushkin Democrat Yea
Sean Hornbuckle Democrat Yea
Shawn Fluharty Democrat Yea
Ben Queen Republican Yea
Betsy Kelly Republican Yea
Betsy Kelly Republican Yea
Carl Martin Republican Yea
Christopher W. Toney Republican Yea
D. Rolland Jennings Republican Yea
Dean Jeffries Republican Yea
Evan Worrell Republican Yea
Gary G. Howell Republican Yea
George Miller Republican Yea
Jason Barrett Republican Yea
Jeff Campbell Republican Yea
Jim Butler Republican Yea
Joe Ellington Republican Yea
John Paul Hott Republican Yea
Mark Dean Republican Yea
Matthew Rohrbach Republican Yea
Mike Azinger Republican Yea
Pat McGeehan Republican Yea
Patrick Martin Republican Yea
Roger Hanshaw Republican Yea
Roy Cooper Republican Yea
T. Kevan Bartlett Republican Yea
Vernon Criss Republican Yea
William Anderson Republican Yea

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Passage

Passed 33 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 2000
Unaffiliated 31001
Total 33001
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (34)
Member Party Vote
LINDSAY — Yea
SMITH — Yea
BALDWIN — Yea
MANN — Yea
STOLLINGS — Yea
BEACH — Yea
MARONEY — Yea
SWOPE — Yea
BLAIR — Yea
MAYNARD — Yea
SYPOLT — Yea
BOLEY — Yea
PALUMBO — Yea
TAKUBO — Not Voting
PITSENBARGER — Yea
TARR — Yea
CLINE — Yea
PLYMALE — Yea
TRUMP — Yea
FACEMIRE — Yea
PREZIOSO — Yea
UNGER — Yea
HAMILTON — Yea
ROBERTS — Yea
WELD — Yea
HARDESTY — Yea
ROMANO — Yea
WOELFEL — Yea
IHLENFELD — Yea
RUCKER — Yea
MR PRESIDENT — Yea
JEFFRIES — Yea
Charles H. Clements Republican Yea
Mike Azinger Republican Yea

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Subjects

healthcare health-insurance
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