HD65 - Mandated Coverage for Hospital Stay for Hysterectomy

  • Published: 2000
  • Author: Special Advisory Commission on Mandated Health Insurance Benefits
  • Enabling Authority: Code of Virginia - § 9-298

Executive Summary:
During the 1999 Session of the General Assembly, House Bill 871 was passed by the House and the Senate and was signed by the Governor. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor requested a review of the provision requiring a minimal hospital stay after a hysterectomy by the Special Advisory Commission on Mandated Health Insurance Benefits (Advisory Commission). House Bill 871 was patroned by Delegate H. Morgan Griffith. The provision on minimum stay was patroned by Senator Jane Woods.

The Advisory Commission held a hearing on August 24, 1999, in Richmond to receive public comments on Senate Bill 871. Kathy Wright, representing the American Cancer Society (ACS), addressed the proposal in the absence of the patron.

The Advisory Commission concluded its review of House Bill 871 on September 21, 1999.