BILL · 2013–14 SESSION

SB 5538: Essential health care

Addressing transparency, accountability, and affordability in the provision of essential health care services.

Summary

The Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC) and the Department of Health (DOH) must communicate with health plans, health care facilities, providers, and other entities to identify current and emerging practices in the health care industry that show promise in advancing one or more of the following goals: promoting transparency for consumers and purchasers about cost-efficient and efficacious health care…

From the Senate Bill Report (Orig.) (SB 5538), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to transparency, accountability, and affordability in the provision of essential health care services;

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 5538 (2025–26) Unauthorized persons/removal · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5538 (2023–24) Postretirement/nursing · Enacted · Chapter 99, Laws of 2023
SB 5538 (2021–22) Aerial imaging technology · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5538 (2019–20) Higher education free speech · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5538 (2017–18) Health prof. licensure fees · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5538 (2015–16) Tenant's death/procedures · Enacted · Chapter 264, Laws of 2015
SB 5538 (2011–12) Conservation corps/nonprofit · Enacted · Chapter 56, Laws of 2011
SB 5538 (2009–10) Higher education employment · Did not pass · died in committee