BILL · 2025–26 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SHB 2720
HB 2720: Behavioral health services
Increasing access and resources for behavioral health emergency services providers by imposing a covered lives assessment on specific health plans.
Summary
- Creates a covered lives assessment on certain health plans.
- Establishes the Behavioral Health Emergency Services Account (Account) for deposit of all revenues related to the assessment.
- Requires expenditures from the Account to be used for specified behavioral health emergency services and implementation costs.
From the House Bill Report (HB 2720), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
- IntroducedFeb 3, 2026
- Out of committeeFeb 9, 2026
- Passed Housestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Nicole Macri (D-43)
- Introduced
- February 3, 2026 in the House
- Last action
- February 19, 2026
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
- Versions
- HB 2720, SHB 2720
AN ACT Relating to increasing access and resources for behavioral health emergency services providers by imposing a covered lives assessment on specific health plans;
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Nicole Macri (D-43)
2 co-sponsors (2 Democrats, 0 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes.
History
- Returned to Rules Committee for second reading. (SHB 2720)
- Returned to Rules Committee for second reading.
- Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. (SHB 2720)
- Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SHB 2720)
- Minority; do not pass. (SHB 2720)
- Referred to Rules 2 Review. (SHB 2720)
- APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- Minority; do not pass.
- APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
- Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- First reading, referred to Appropriations.
HB 2720 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- HB 2720 (2019–20) Gambling loss recovery
- HB 2720 (2017–18) Student loans
- HB 2720 (2015–16) Water pollution act scope
- HB 2720 (2013–14) Pay it forward program
- HB 2720 (2011–12) Residential schools funding
- HB 2720 (2009–10) Washington soldiers' home
- HB 2720 (2007–08) Education record release
- HB 2720 (2005–06) Water-sewer districts