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BILL · 2011–12 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 6185

SB 6185: Termination of pregnancy

Concerning health plan coverage for the voluntary termination of a pregnancy.

Summary

  • Health insurance plans issued or renewed on or after the effective date of this section that provide coverage for maternity care or services, must also provide substantially equivalent coverage to permit the voluntary termination of a pregnancy.

From the Senate Bill Report (Orig.) (SB 6185), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
  1. IntroducedJan 13, 2012
  2. Out of committeeFeb 2, 2012
  3. Passed Senatestopped here
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Steve Hobbs (D-44)
Introduced
January 13, 2012 in the Senate
Last action
April 11, 2012
Companion bill
HB 2330
Budget
Has a fiscal note
Versions
SB 6185, SSB 6185

AN ACT Relating to preserving health insurance coverage for the voluntary termination of a pregnancy by requiring health plans issued on or after June 7, 2012, that provide coverage for maternity care or services to provide a covered person with substantially equivalent coverage to permit the voluntary termination of a pregnancy, by prohibiting a health plan from limiting in any way a woman's access to services related to the voluntary termination of a pregnancy other than terms and conditions generally applicable to the health plan's coverage of maternity care or services including applicable cost sharing, by not limiting in any way a woman's constitutionally or statutorily protected right to voluntarily terminate a pregnancy, by clarifying that health plans are not required to cover abortions that would be unlawful under RCW 9.02.120, and by providing an exemption for a multistate plan that does not cover the voluntary termination of pregnancies under federal law;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Steve Hobbs (D-44)

12 co-sponsors (12 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Karen Keiser D-33Craig Pridemore D-49Sharon Nelson D-34Maralyn Chase D-32Adam Kline D-37Senator D-46Kevin Ranker D-40Nick Harper D-38Rodney Tom D-48Steve Conway D-29Jeanne Kohl-Welles D-36Ed Murray D-43

Votes

No recorded floor votes.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SSB 6185)
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SSB 6185)
  4. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  5. Senate Rules "X" file. (SSB 6185)
  6. Senate Rules "X" file.
  7. Made eligible to be placed on second reading. (SSB 6185)
  8. Made eligible to be placed on second reading.
  9. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. (SSB 6185)
  10. HEA - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SSB 6185)
  11. Minority; do not pass. (SSB 6185)
  12. Minority; do not pass.
  13. HEA - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  14. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  15. First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care.

SB 6185 in other sessions

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

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