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HB856 - Public utilities; rate increases during certain months prohibited.
Wren M. Williams
Last updated 11 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Public utilities; rate increases during certain months prohibited. Prohibits the regulated operating revenues of certain public utilities from being increased in the months of November, December, January, or February. The bill's limitation does not apply to certain increases, which are the same exceptions as allowed for the existing prohibition on multiple rate increases during a 12-month period.
STATUS
Introduced
HB935 - Health insurance; coverage for doula care services.
Destiny LeVere Bolling, Wren M. Williams, Nadarius E. Clark
Last updated 8 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Health insurance; coverage for doula care services. Requires health insurers, corporations providing health care subscription contracts, and health maintenance organizations whose policy, contract, or plan includes coverage for obstetrical services to provide coverage for doula care services provided by a state-certified doula. The bill requires such coverage to include coverage for at least eight visits during the antepartum or postpartum period and support during labor and delivery. The bill provides that health insurance carriers are (i) not required to pay for duplicate services actually rendered by both a state-certified doula and another health care provider and (ii) prohibited from requiring supervision, signature, or referral by any other health care provider as a condition of reimbursement for doula care services, except when those requirements are also applicable to other categories of health care providers. Such provisions of the bill are subject to a reenactment clause. The bill also requires the Health Insurance Reform Commission to consider coverage for doula care services in its review of the essential health benefits benchmark plan and to include such coverage in its recommendation to the General Assembly unless a compelling reason for excluding such coverage is identified.
STATUS
Passed
HB1544 - Southside Regional Recreation Authority; changes name to Southside Regional Recreation Authority.
Wren M. Williams
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Southside Regional Recreation Authority.
STATUS
Introduced
HB447 - Motor vehicle rental and peer-to-peer vehicle sharing tax; disposition.
Wren M. Williams
Last updated 11 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Motor vehicle rental and peer-to-peer vehicle sharing tax; disposition. Redirects revenues derived from motor vehicle rental and peer-to-peer vehicle sharing taxes from the Commonwealth Transportation Fund to the Special Fund for Administration of Aviation Laws, to be used for the administration of aviation laws and the construction, maintenance, and improvement of airports.
STATUS
Introduced
HB444 - Virginia Rap Back Service; criminal history record monitoring.
Wren M. Williams, Michelle E. Lopes-Maldonado, Ian T. Lovejoy
Last updated 9 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Virginia Rap Back Service; criminal history record monitoring. Changes the time frame for which a participating entity in the Virginia Record of Arrest and Prosecution (Rap) Back Service is required to disenroll any individual who is deceased or no longer qualifies as an individual for the purposes of the Virginia Rap Back Service from within 30 days to within five business days. The bill also removes the provision stating that an individual who moves from one participating entity in the Virginia Rap Back Service to another need not be refingerprinted.
STATUS
Passed
HB829 - Emergency custody and voluntary and involuntary civil admissions hearings; special justice fees.
Wren M. Williams
Last updated 11 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Special justice fees; emergency custody and voluntary and involuntary civil admissions. Increases the fee that a special justice receives for presiding over emergency custody and voluntary and involuntary civil admissions hearings from $86.25 to $143.75 for each commitment hearing and from $43.25 to $70 for each certification hearing.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1249 - Nonresident plaintiff; security costs upon suit.
Wren M. Williams
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Security for costs; suit or action by nonresident. Provides that in any plaintiff's suit or action by a nonresident of the Commonwealth, including a counterclaim plaintiff, cross-claim plaintiff, or third-party plaintiff, the court may order upon a motion made by a party to such suit or action and for good cause shown that such plaintiff must post security, in an amount not exceeding $250, within 60 days of entry of such order. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference. Security for costs; suit or action by nonresident. Provides that in any plaintiff's suit or action by a nonresident of the Commonwealth, including a counterclaim plaintiff, cross-claim plaintiff, or third-party plaintiff, the court may order upon a motion made by a party to such suit or action and for good cause shown that such plaintiff must post security, in an amount not exceeding $250, within 60 days of entry of such order. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.
STATUS
Passed
HB859 - Human trafficking investigators; licensing by the Department of Criminal Justice Services.
Wren M. Williams, Karrie K. Delaney, Shelly Anne Simonds
Last updated 11 months ago
20 Co-Sponsors
Human trafficking investigators; licensing by the Department of Criminal Justice Services. Authorizes the Department of Criminal Justice Services to register and issue licenses for human trafficking investigators. The bill provides that a human trafficking investigator is a private investigator who is GSA compliant and engages in the business of, or accepts employment to make, investigations to obtain information on sex trafficking or severe forms of trafficking as defined in the federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 and in the federal Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015.
STATUS
Introduced
HB846 - Charitable bail organizations; certification and regulation by DCJS.
Wren M. Williams
Last updated 11 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Department of Criminal Justice Services; certification and regulation of charitable bail organizations. Provides for certification and regulation by the Department of Criminal Justice Services of charitable bail organizations, defined in the bill as any entity or nonprofit organization that exists for the purpose of providing or posting bond for another person and does not include a person that pays bail for (i) three or fewer defendants in any 180-day period or (ii) a defendant's family or household member.
STATUS
Introduced
HB445 - Health insurance; approval of rates to dental plans, medical loss ratio.
Wren M. Williams
Last updated 11 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Health insurance; dental plans; approval of rates and medical loss ratio. Requires the State Corporation Commission to review and approve premium rates applicable to dental plans issued in the Commonwealth. Under the bill, benefits are deemed to be reasonable in relation to premiums, provided that the medical loss ratio of the policy form, including riders and endorsements, is at least as great as 85 percent. The bill provides that if the Commission finds that the premium rate filed is not meeting or will not meet a medical loss ratio of 85 percent, the Commission shall require appropriate rate adjustments, premium refunds, or premium credits as deemed necessary for the coverage to conform with the medical loss ratio standard of 85 percent.
STATUS
Introduced
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