Key Votes
Saslaw Amdt - Requires Reimbursement of the Full Cost of Ultrasounds Required Prior to Abortions - Key Vote
Virginia Key Votes
Stages
Family
- Saslaw Amdt - Requires Reimbursement of the Full Cost of Ultrasounds Required Prior to Abortions
- HB 1301 -
Issues
Note
NOTE: THIS BILL WAS VOTED ON DURING A SPECIAL SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE
Stage Details
Amendment - Introduced (Senate) - March 26, 2012
Title: Requires Reimbursement of the Full Cost of Ultrasounds Required Prior to Abortions
Amendment - Amendment Rejected (Senate) (19-20) - March 26, 2012 (Key vote)
Title: Requires Reimbursement of the Full Cost of Ultrasounds Required Prior to Abortions
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to adopt an amendment to HB 1301 that requires health insurers to cover transabdominal ultrasound imaging prior to an abortion.
Highlights:
- Requires health insurers to include patient coverage for transabdominal ultrasound imaging for the purpose of determining gestational age prior to an abortion procedure.
- Exempts the following types of insurance policies from the provisions of this bill:
- Short-term travel;
- Accident only;
- Limited or specific disease;
- Individual conversion policies or contracts; and
- Medicare policies or similar state or federal government plans.
- Requires insurance coverage for transabdominal ultrasound imaging to apply to state employees, local government employees, local officers, teachers, retirees, and the dependents of these employees.
- Appropriates $3.1 million to fund ultrasound imaging for uninsured Virginians, to be distributed by the Secretary of Health and Human Resources.
- Prohibits payment or reimbursement to facilities that perform 5 or more first trimester abortions per month, with the exception of academic medical centers and inpatient hospitals.
Note:
NOTE: THIS BILL WAS VOTED ON DURING A SPECIAL SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE
