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BILL · 2003–04 SESSION

HB 2796: Basic health plan

Determining the time period of a preexisting condition limitation for the basic health plan enrollment of individuals participating in community-based programs established to provide access to health care services for uninsured persons.

Summary

  • Provides that, to the extent that the administrator adopts, by rule, preexisting condition limitations as part of the benefit package, any such rule must allow an enrollee to credit the period of their continued participation in a community-based program established to provide access to health care services for uninsured persons against the time period of their preexisting conditions limitation.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 21, 2004
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Sandra Romero (D-22)
Introduced
January 21, 2004 in the House
Last action
January 21, 2004

AN ACT Relating to the basic health plan enrollment of individuals participating in community-based programs established to provide access to health care services for uninsured persons;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Sandra Romero (D-22)

6 co-sponsors (6 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Senator D-22Lynn Kessler D-24Ed Murray D-43Geoff Simpson D-47Maralyn Chase D-32Timm Ormsby D-3

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. First reading, referred to Health Care.

HB 2796 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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