BILL · 2025–26 SESSION

SB 5507: Massage therapy coverage

Providing coverage for massage therapy under medical assistance plans.

Summary

Requires the Health Care Authority to cover massage therapy as a non-pharmacological alternative for treating or managing pain upon referral from a qualified health care provider beginning January 1, 2027.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5507), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to providing coverage for massage therapy under medical assistance plans;

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 5507 (2023–24) Tenure-track faculty · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5507 (2021–22) Dialysate & dialysis devices · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5507 (2019–20) Hanford workers/cancer · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5507 (2017–18) Automatic renewal/contracts · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5507 (2015–16) L&I fines & civil penalties · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5507 (2013–14) Candidate and measure donors · Enacted · Chapter 283, Laws of 2013
SB 5507 (2011–12) Community & tech colleges · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5507 (2009–10) Sole source aquifers · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House