BILL · 2023–24 SESSION

SB 5814: Cancer drugs coverage

Concerning coverage of prescription drugs for advanced metastatic cancer.

Summary

Prohibits Medicaid and health plans, including those offered to public employees, from requiring an enrollee being treated for advanced metastatic cancer to fail to respond to another drug before providing coverage for the prescribed drug.

From the Senate Bill Report (Orig.) (SB 5814), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to coverage of prescription drugs for advanced metastatic cancer;

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 5814 (2025–26) Excise taxes · Enacted · Chapter 422, Laws of 2025
SB 5814 (2021–22) Child abuse/medical eval. · Enacted · Chapter 171, Laws of 2022
SB 5814 (2019–20) Health coverage/young adults · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5814 (2017–18) Asphalt pavement sealers · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5814 (2015–16) WA cmty learning ctr program · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5814 (2013–14) Taxicabs, limos, for hire · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5814 (2011–12) Current use valuation/farms · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5814 (2009–10) Elemental formulas coverage · Did not pass · died in committee