BILL · 1995–96 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SHB 2486
HB 2486: Consumer health information
Providing for consumer health information.
Summary
- Disclosure Provisions : Health carriers are prohibited from: (1) preventing their providers from informing patients of the care they require, including various treatment options, and whether, in their view, such care is consistent with medical necessity, medical appropriateness, or otherwise covered by the patient's service agreement with the health carrier; (2) discouraging or penalizing a provider from advocating…
From the House Bill Report (HB 2486), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
- IntroducedJan 11, 1996
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Bill Backlund (R-45)
- Introduced
- January 11, 1996 in the House
- Last action
- February 2, 1996
- Versions
- HB 2486, SHB 2486
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Bill Backlund (R-45)
5 co-sponsors (2 Democrats, 3 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes.
History
The Legislature's online data doesn't include step-by-step history for sessions before 2001. Its final status is shown above, and the official bill page may have more.
HB 2486 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- HB 2486 (2025–26) State energy code costs
- HB 2486 (2023–24) Commute trip tax credit
- HB 2486 (2019–20) Electric marine batteries
- HB 2486 (2017–18) Uniform unclaimed property
- HB 2486 (2015–16) Environmental statutes
- HB 2486 (2013–14) Inmate postsecondary ed
- HB 2486 (2011–12) Tax reform
- HB 2486 (2009–10) DNA sample collection costs