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Subcommittee passes bill to make repeal of tobacco surcharge permanent
2118626 · January 14, 2025
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Summary
HB 1639 would remove the sunset on a tobacco surcharge repeal; the committee approved a substitute that extends SCC study for one more year and passed the bill 7-0 after stakeholder testimony supporting improved marketplace enrollment.
Delegate Patrick Hope (committee transcript identifies him as the sponsor) presented HB 1639, which would repeal the sunset on the tobacco surcharge. Background: the surcharge originally allowed health plans to increase premiums for tobacco users by up to 50 percent. A Joint Commission on Health Care study and subsequent…
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