Health and Human Resources
Virginia Department of Health
State Board of Health
Mandate 1341
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Mandate Title:
Health insurance; carrier business practices, provider contracts
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Purpose of legislation
Health insurance; provider contracts. Requires that each provider contract include a provision prohibiting a provider from discriminating against any enrollee solely due to the enrollee's status as a litigant in pending litigation or a potential litigant due to being involved in a motor vehicle accident. The bill provides that the State Corporation Commission, if it has cause to believe that a provider has engaged in a pattern of such discrimination, may submit information to the Board of Medicine or the Commissioner of Health for action.
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| Legislation mandating a change | Chap 72 (2021) | ||||
| VAC chapters to be amended |
12 vac 5 - 371 : Regulations for the Licensure of Nursing Facilities
12 vac 5 - 410 : Regulations for the Licensure of Hospitals in Virginia
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