BILL · 2013–14 SESSION

SB 5537: Health care price data

Improving the quality and value of health care with greater transparency of price and quality data.

Summary

All health care insuring entities must submit price and quality data to OIC and to large group purchasers, that includes information for each provider and facility. Health insuring entity means any party that is legally responsible for payment of a claim for a health care service, including insurance carriers, an employer or self-insured plan, a pharmacy benefit manager, and a third-party administrator.

From the Senate Bill Report (Orig.) (SB 5537), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to improving the quality and value of health care with greater transparency of price and quality data;

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

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

SB 5537 (2025–26) Natural resources board/OSPI · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5537 (2023–24) Hospital staffing collab. · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5537 (2021–22) Compulsory school attendance · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5537 (2019–20) Behavioral health facilities · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5537 (2017–18) Spirits & wine sale to empl. · Enacted · Chapter 160, Laws of 2017
SB 5537 (2015–16) Reg. fire protection service · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5537 (2011–12) Campaign contributions · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5537 (2009–10) Statutory debt limit · Enacted · Chapter 500, Laws of 2009