Legislation - HB1375

Title: Health Insurance - Lyme Disease and Related Tick-Borne Illnesses - Long-Term Antibiotic Treatment
Sponsored by: Delegates Howard, Adams, Anderson, Arentz, Baker, Beauchamp, Buckel, Ciliberti, Fair, Hornberger, Hutchinson, Jacobs, McComas, Miller, T. Morgan, Reilly, Rose, and Wivell
Status: In the House - Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.
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Synopsis

Requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide certain coverage for the full length of long-term antibiotic treatment of Lyme disease and related tick-borne illnesses under certain circumstances; and prohibiting certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from placing a quantitative limit on or denying coverage for benefits required under the Act.

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Original:: Health

Details

Introduced in a prior session as: HB1268 Session: 2025 Regular Session

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): January 1, 2027

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/13/2026 Legislative Date 2/13/2026 Action First Reading Health Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Health Insurance - Lyme Disease and Related Tick-Borne Illnesses - Long-Term Antibiotic Treatment Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/13/2026 Legislative Date 2/13/2026 Action Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action
House	2/13/2026	2/13/2026	First Reading Health
			Text - First - Health Insurance - Lyme Disease and Related Tick-Borne Illnesses - Long-Term Antibiotic Treatment
House	2/13/2026	2/13/2026	Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.

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