HB 358 — Medicare supplement policies; regulations establishing minimum standards, report.
VA 20261 session
Medicare supplement policies; regulations establishing minimum standards; work group; report. Amends provisions related to the State Corporation Commission's issuance of regulations to establish minimum standards regarding Medicare supplement policies to include minimum standards for the disclosure of methodology used in coverage decisions. The bill directs the Bureau of Insurance to convene a work group to review and make recommendations related to minimum standards regarding Medicare supplement policies, implementation of risk adjustment mechanisms, ways to eliminate waste and abuse from overpayments, methodologies used in coverage decisions, ways to improve care under such policies, and the effectiveness and utilization of existing consumer protections related to Medicare supplement policies and to submit a report of its findings and recommendations by December 1, 2026.
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Sponsors (11)
- Dan I. Helmer (D, VA) — sponsor
- Jessica L. Anderson (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Stacey Annie Carroll (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Lily V. Franklin (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Nicole Cole (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Lindsey Dougherty (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Mark C. Downey (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Leslie Chambers Mehta (D, VA) — cosponsor
- May Nivar (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Kimberly Pope Adams (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Virgil Thornton (D, VA) — cosponsor
Action timeline (36)
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Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dan I. Helmer (D, state_lower VA) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Jessica L. Anderson (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Kimberly Pope Adams (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Leslie Chambers Mehta (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Lily V. Franklin (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Lindsey Dougherty (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Mark C. Downey (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | May Nivar (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Nicole Cole (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Stacey Annie Carroll (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Virgil Thornton (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no