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Health carriers; services provided by nurse practitioners.

It became law on Mar 12, 2019.

VA HB 1640 · House Bill · 2019

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Sponsors
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Mar 12, 2019

What it does

Requires health insurers and health services plan providers whose policies or contracts cover services that may be legally performed by licensed nurse practitioners to provide equal coverage for such services when rendered by a licensed nurse practitioner. The bill contains an enactment that exempts the measure from the requirement that the Health Insurance Reform Commission review any legislative measure containing a mandated health insurance benefit or provider. The bill has a delayed effective date of October 1, 2019.

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Where it stands

This bill passed and is now law.

  1. Introduced (Done)

  2. Committee (Done)

  3. Floor (Done)

  4. Law (Done)

    Mar 12, 2019

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Who is involved

Sponsors

The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.

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Where it goes next

It is law in Virginia. What happens now is up to the agency that carries it out, the courts, and the place itself.

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