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BILL · 2021–22 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 5149

SB 5149: Found. public health funding

Funding foundational public health services.

Summary

  • Establishes a covered lives assessment for health carriers, Medicaid managed care organizations, and third-party administrator assessed and collected by the Office of the Insurance Commissioner.
  • Requires third-party administrators to register with the Office of the Insurance Commissioner annually.
  • Directs money collected from the assessment to the Foundational Public Health Services Account.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5149), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 12, 2021
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
June Robinson (D-38)
Introduced
January 12, 2021 in the Senate
Last action
January 10, 2022
Requested by
Governor
Companion bill
HB 1201
Budget
Has a fiscal note
Versions
SB 5149, SSB 5149

AN ACT Relating to funding foundational public health services;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: June Robinson (D-38)

7 co-sponsors (7 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Senator D-47Manka Dhingra D-45Patty Kuderer D-48Marko Liias D-21T'wina Nobles D-28Rebecca Saldaña D-37Claire Wilson D-30

Votes

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

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SSB 5149)
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. Referred to Ways & Means. (SSB 5149)
  4. Referred to Ways & Means.
  5. HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SSB 5149)
  6. And refer to Ways & Means. (SSB 5149)
  7. Minority; do not pass. (SSB 5149)
  8. Minority; do not pass.
  9. And refer to Ways & Means.
  10. HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  11. First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care.

SB 5149 in other sessions

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

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