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There are 43 bill(s) regarding Insurance

Bill Title Status Committee Step Last Action
SB 273 Setting forth required provisions regarding prior authorization of drug benefits by insurers Pending  Senate Banking and Insurance Committee  01/14/16 
SB 278 Clarifying physicians' mutual insurance company is not state or quasi-state actor Signed  Effective from passage - (March 12, 2016)
SB 330 Requiring automobile liability insurers provide 10 days' notice of intent to cancel due to nonpayment of premium Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 8, 2016)
SB 358 Establishing Mining Mutual Insurance Company Pending  Senate Banking and Insurance Committee  01/21/16 
SB 381 Changing trend test for life and health insurer Pending  Senate Banking and Insurance Committee  01/25/16 
SB 409 Requiring health insurers contract with physicians and health care facility providing services to Medicaid and Medicare recipients Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/27/16 
SB 429 Adopting two National Association of Insurance Commissioners' models to protect enrollees and general public and permit greater oversight Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 7, 2016)
SB 456 Setting maximum amount that can be collected for air-ambulance services Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/20/16 
SB 465 Allowing professional employer insure certain risks through pure insurance captive Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2016)
SB 512 Reinstating Medicare supplement insurance policy Pending  Senate Banking and Insurance Committee  02/04/16 
SB 517 Clarifying PEIA plans that are exempt from regulation by Insurance Commissioner Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 9, 2016)
SB 520 Allowing PEIA ability to recover benefits or claims obtained through fraud Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 8, 2016)
SB 525 Relating to WV Insurance Guaranty Association Act Pending  House Judiciary Committee  03/07/16 
SB 532 Increasing surcharge on fire and casualty insurance policies Pending  Senate Banking and Insurance Committee  02/06/16 
SB 540 Providing civil immunity to company insurance adjusters Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/06/16 
SB 553 Merging purposes and provisions of Volunteer Fire Department Workers' Compensation Subsidy Program and Fund Pending  House Finance Committee  02/22/16 
SB 561 Setting rates for accident and sickness insurance Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  02/10/16 
SB 566 Creating new tax on insurance reserves held by accident and sickness insurance carriers Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  02/10/16 
SB 571 Prohibiting abortion coverage in qualified health care plans Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/10/16 
SB 572 Defining criteria private insurance carriers must consider in setting rates Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  02/10/16 
SB 622 Composition of PEIA Finance Board Pending    3rd Reading  03/12/16 
SB 638 Prohibiting insurers, vision care plan or vision care discount plans from requiring vision care providers provide discounts Pending  Senate Banking and Insurance Committee  02/19/16 
SB 685 Allowing individuals twenty-one years of age operate or ride motorcycle without helmet Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/22/16 
HB 4023 Increasing the excise tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/14/16 
HB 4040 Regulating step therapy protocols in health benefit plans Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2016)
HB 4043 Adjusting the risk-based capital trend test for life and health insurers Pending  House Finance Committee  01/22/16 
HB 4144 Relating to risk based capital reporting for health organizations Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/22/16 
HB 4166 Relating to health insurance coverage for prescribed medications Pending  House Banking and Insurance Committee  01/20/16 
HB 4253 Relating to mine subsidence insurance Pending  House Banking and Insurance Committee  01/25/16 
HB 4254 Relating generally to workers’ compensation Pending  House Banking and Insurance Committee  01/25/16 
HB 4257 Prohibiting use of a person's credit history in certain insurance transactions Pending  House Banking and Insurance Committee  01/25/16 
HB 4286 Relating to the scope and application of the Unfair Trade Practices Act Pending  House Banking and Insurance Committee  01/26/16 
HB 4315 Relating to air-ambulance fees for emergency treatment or air transportation Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2016)
HB 4332 Requiring licensees authorized to serve alcoholic liquors or nonintoxicating beer to have certain liability insurance coverage Pending  House Banking and Insurance Committee  01/29/16 
HB 4376 Requiring automobile liability insurance providers must give a policyholder a ten day notice of an intent to cancel for nonpayment of premium Pending  House Banking and Insurance Committee  02/03/16 
HB 4408 Prohibiting certain civil actions against company adjusters Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/19/16 
HB 4464 Guaranteed Asset Protection Waiver Act Pending  House Banking and Insurance Committee  02/09/16 
HB 4543 Relating to willful misrepresentation to gain benefits or payment under the Public Employees Insurance Act Pending  House Banking and Insurance Committee  02/16/16 
HB 4547 Providing for the merger of the purposes and provisions of the Volunteer Fire Departments Workers' Compensation Subsidy Program and the Volunteer Fire Department Workers' Compensation Premium Subsidy Fund Pending  House Finance Committee  02/16/16 
HB 4551 Clarifying that the plans established and administered by the Public Employees Insurance Agency are exempt from regulation by the Insurance Commissioner, unless specifically stated otherwise Pending  House Banking and Insurance Committee  02/16/16 
HB 4637 Relating to requiring insurers of policies providing for payments on death of a named insured to review databases Pending  House Banking and Insurance Committee  02/20/16 
HB 4655 Prohibiting insurers, vision care plan or vision care discount plans from requiring vision care providers to provide discounts on noncovered services or materials Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2016)
HB 4695 Establishing a temporary maximum contribution rate to the Public Employees Insurance Agency Pending  House Banking and Insurance Committee  02/23/16