Position: Support

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Thank you, sponsors: Reps. Low, Davis

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Status: Inactive. This legislation is inactive because of the cost of implementing.

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Read our testimony: Submitted 1/20

Position: Support

 

Thank you, sponsors: Reps. Santos, Thai, Doglio, Berry, Ryu, Obras, Ormsby, Scott, Parshley, Timmons, Pollet, Macri, Simmons, Hunt, Hill

 

Status: Inactive. his legislation is inactive due to a lack of consensus.

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Testimony: Submitted 1/24

Position: Support

 

Thank you, sponsors: Reps. Thai, Ormsby, Salahuddin, Parshley, Taylor, Hill, Doglio, Pollet, Nance, Callan, Fosse

 

Status: Inactive. This legislation is inactive due to cost implications. However, there is funding in both the Senate and House versions of the budget for the Office of the Insurance Commissioner to analyze the cost of implementing an obesity treatment benefit in consultation with the Health Care Authority.

Position: Support

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Thank you, sponsors: Reps. Lekanoff, Macri

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Status: Inactive. While HB 1379 is inactive, its Senate companion legislation, SB 5084, has passed both the House and the Senate, and it’s on the Governor’s desk awaiting his signature.

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Testimony: Submitted 1/23

Position: Support

 

Thank you, sponsors: Reps. Macri, Leavitt, Simmons, Davis, Berry, Ryu, Callan, Rule, Stearns, Peterson, Taylor, Reed, Ramel, Alvarado, Doglio, Tharinger, Fey, Salahuddin, Bernbaum, Fosse, Pollet, Street, Scott, Santos

 

Status: Active. This legislation is still active. It passed the House and is scheduled for a hearing in Senate Ways & Means on April 3, and for an executive session on April 7.

Position: Support

 

Thank you, sponsors: Reps. Berg, Rude, Leavitt, Stonier, Simmons, Davis, Berry, Mena, Stearns, Thai, Walen, Rule, Ryu, Parshley, Peterson, Reed, Paul, Gregerson, Alvarado, Reeves, Goodman, Cortes, Obras, Fey, Salahuddin, Springer, Bernbaum, Fosse, Pollet, Street, Hill, Macri, Timmons, Scott

 

Status: Inactive. This legislation is inactive due to the cost of implementation and the fact that it’s not mentioned in the House budget proposal.

 

Testimony: Submitted 1/31

Position: Support

 

Thank you, sponsors: Reps. Berg, Parshley, Reed, Bernbaum, Thai, Kloba, Hill

 

Status: : Inactive. This legislation is inactive due to concerns expressed by the Office of the Insurance Commissioner as well as health care insurers about the potential for increased cost of Medigap insurance if the legislation were to be enacted.

Position: Support

 

Thank you, sponsors: Reps. Thai, Parshley, Pollet

 

Status: Inactive. This legislation is inactive due to concerns expressed by the Office of the Insurance Commissioner as well as health care insurers about the potential for increased cost of medigap insurance if the legislation were to be enacted.

Position: Support

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Thank you, sponsors: Sens. Liias, Holy, Stanford, Wagoner, Lovick, Gildon, Cleveland, Cortes, Fortunato, Harris, Nobles, Riccelli, Warnick

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Status: Inactive. This legislation is inactive because of the cost of implementing.

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Read our testimony: Submitted 1/20

Position: Support

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Thank you, sponsors: Sens. Robinson, Muzzall, Dhingra, Hasegawa, Krishnadasan, Nobles, Salomon

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Status: Active. This legislation passed both the House and the Senate and will be signed into law by the Governor on April 4.

Position: Support

 

Thank you, sponsors: Sens. Riccelli, Hasegawa, Conway, Nobles, Wilson, C.

 

Status: Inactive. This legislation is inactive due to a lack of consensus.

 

Testimony: Submitted 1/24

Position: Support

 

Thank you, sponsors: Sens. Cleveland, Muzzall, Chapman, Hasegawa, Krishnadasan, Nobles, Trudeau, Valdez

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Status: Inactive. This legislation is inactive due to the cost of implementing.

 

Testimony: Submitted 1/24

Position: Support

 

Thank you, sponsors: Requested by Governor; Sens. Riccelli, Nobles, Harris, Cortes, Slatter, Orwall, Chapman, Ramos, Trudeau, Kauffman, Muzzall, Lovelett, Valdez, Krishnadasan, Hasegawa, Lovick, Liias, Saldaña, Dhingra, Conway, Bateman, Holy, Christian, Cleveland, King, Frame, Salomon, Stanford, Wilson, C.

 

Status: Inactive. This legislation is inactive due to the cost of implementation and the fact that it’s not mentioned in the Senate budget proposal.

 

Testimony: Submitted 1/31

Position: Support

 

Thank you, sponsors: Sens. Cleveland, Muzzall, Riccelli, Bateman, Frame, Hasegawa, Krishnadasan, Nobles, Valdez, Wilson, C.

 

Status: Inactive. This legislation is inactive due to cost implications. However, there is funding in both the Senate and House versions of the budget for the Office of the Insurance Commissioner to analyze the cost of implementing an obesity treatment benefit in consultation with the Health Care Authority.

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Testimony: Submitted 1/31

Position: Support

 

Thank you, sponsors: Sens. Riccelli, Harris, Bateman, Liias, Nobles, Valdez

 

Status:  Inactive. This legislation is probably inactive, but its companion, HB 1392, is progressing.

Position: Support

 

Thank you, sponsors: Sens. Orwall, Muzzall, Hasegawa, Lovelett, Nobles, Slatter

 

Status: Inactive. This legislation was not scheduled for a vote in Ways & Means due to the high cost of implementation.

Position: Support

 

Thank you, sponsors: Sens. Cleveland, Muzzall, Shewmake

 

Status: Inactive. This legislation failed to progress because the Department of Health and the Department of Social and Health Services wanted more time to review the policy implications.