HD79 - Mandated Coverage for Hospice Care
Executive Summary: The House Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking referred House Bill 699 to the Special Advisory Commission on Mandated Health Insurance Benefits (Advisory Commission) during the 1998 Session of the General Assembly. Delegate Vincent F. Callahan, Jr. was the patron of House Bill 699. The 1999 General Assembly passed a revised House Bill 699, and it was signed by the Governor. However, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor requested a review of the bill by the Advisory Commission. The Advisory Commission held a public hearing to receive comments on House Bill 699 on September 21, 1999, in Richmond. The Virginia Association for Hospices (VAH) spoke in support of the bill. Written comments from the VAH were also received in support of the bill. No comments were received in opposition to the bill. The Advisory Commission concluded its review of House Bill 699 on November 22, 1999. |
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