BILL · 2015–16 SESSION
SB 6266: Health insurance contracting
Mitigating barriers to patient access to care resulting from health insurance contracting practices.
Summary
- Prohibits a health plan offered to employees and their covered dependents under chapter 41.05 RCW from requiring a covered person's cost sharing, including copayments, for habilitative, rehabilitative, East Asian medicine, or chiropractic care to exceed the cost-sharing amount the plan requires for primary care.
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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 13, 2016
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Judy Warnick (R-13)
- Introduced
- January 13, 2016 in the Senate
- Last action
- March 10, 2016
- Companion bill
- HB 2408
AN ACT Relating to mitigating barriers to patient access to care resulting from health insurance contracting practices;
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Judy Warnick (R-13)
8 co-sponsors (4 Democrats, 4 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- First reading, referred to Health Care.
SB 6266 in other sessions
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