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
  1. IntroducedJan 13, 2016
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. 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

Votes

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

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. First reading, referred to Health Care.

SB 6266 in other sessions

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