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VA HB328
Bill
Status
2/16/2026
Primary Sponsor
Richard Sullivan
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AI Summary
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Directs Virginia's Bureau of Insurance to select a new essential health benefits benchmark plan for the 2028 plan year (or soonest year permitted by CMS) that expands covered benefits beyond the current plan
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Adds required coverage for doula care services, infertility treatment including up to three lifetime cycles of assisted reproductive technology, fertility preservation procedures, and embryo transfer
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Requires coverage for hearing aids (up to $1,500 per ear every 24 months) for all ages, expanded from the current requirement covering only children 18 and younger
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Mandates coverage for PANDAS/PANS diagnosis and treatment, pasteurized donor human breast milk, and polycystic ovary syndrome treatment
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Exempts individual and small group market plans from certain hearing aid and PANDAS/PANS coverage mandates, with those benefits instead incorporated into the essential health benefits benchmark plan to avoid state-funded defrayal requirements
Legislative Description
Health insurance; essential health benefits benchmark plan selection.
Last Action
Senate substitute agreed to by House (68-Y 30-N 0-A)
3/12/2026