HB1609
Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for infertility treatment.
Status:
Enacted
Latest Action:
April 2, 2025
House: Communicated to Governor
Chief Patron:
Dan Helmer (D)
Session:
2025 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Health insurance; coverage for fertility services; essential health benefits benchmark plan.
Requires the Health Insurance Reform Commission to consider coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of infertility and for standard fertility preservation procedures in its 2025 review of the essential health benefits benchmark plan. The bill directs the Commission to include such coverage in its recommendation to the General Assembly for ... (More) a new essential health benefits benchmark plan unless the Commission identifies a compelling reason to exclude such coverage. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/03/2025 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101118D
- 01/03/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 01/10/2025 - House: Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/13/2025 - House: Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
- 01/14/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
- 01/15/2025 - House: Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
- 01/16/2025 - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute and referred to Appropriations (17-Y 5-N)
- 01/16/2025 - House: Committee substitute printed 25104754D-H1
- 01/16/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/17/2025 - House: Assigned Approps sub: Health & Human Resources
- 01/23/2025 - House: Placed on Appropriations Agenda
- 01/24/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/2025 - House: Placed on Appropriations Agenda
- 01/27/2025 - House: Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 2-N)
- 01/29/2025 - House: Read first time
- 01/30/2025 - House: Read second time
- 01/30/2025 - House: Labor and Commerce Substitute agreed to
- 01/30/2025 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 01/31/2025 - House: Read third time and passed House (84-Y 11-N)
- 02/03/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB1609)
- 02/03/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/03/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/06/2025 - Senate: Rereferred from Education and Health to Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/2025 - Senate: Rereferred to Commerce and Labor
- 02/10/2025 - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
- 02/10/2025 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/14/2025 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (10-Y 3-N)
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Finance and Appropriations Amendment agreed to
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (23-Y 16-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/19/2025 - House: Senate Amendment agreed to by House (85-Y 9-N)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Enrolled
- 03/07/2025 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1609ER)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/2025 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/2025 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
- 03/11/2025 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
- 03/18/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB1609)
- 03/24/2025 - Governor's Recommendation
- 03/24/2025 - Governor's recommendation received by House
- 04/02/2025 - House: House rejected Governor's recommendation (26-Y 67-N)
- 04/02/2025 - House: Passed in enrolled form (64-Y 31-N)
- 04/02/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 04/02/2025 - House: Communicated to Governor
