The Insurance Commissioner has adopted consolidated health care rulemaking due to the recent passage of insurance related legislation and other changes in law. Multiple provisions of health care and insurance regulations in the Washington Administrative Code (WAC) needed to be updated by OIC to be consistent with legislation passed and codified in the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) and recent federal law changes. This consolidated rulemaking implemented SSB 5300 (RCW 48.43.0961), ESHB 2041 (Chapter 62, Laws of 2024), SB 5821 (Chapter 215, Laws of 2024), ESHB 1957 (Chapter 314, Laws of 2024), and other related legislation and laws.
This effort included but was not limited to clarifying prescription drug coverage for behavioral health treatment, updating reimbursement and collaboration requirements related physician assistants, updating the definition of “established relationship” as applied to audio-only telemedicine services, and clarifying coverage and cost sharing requirements for preventive services. This rulemaking impacted the following authorities: WAC 284-170-130, 284-43-0120, 248-43-0160, 284-43-5080, 284-43-5110, 284-43-5642, 284-43-5800 and 284-43-5980.
Adopted rule filed Nov. 27, 2024.
Public hearing on Nov. 7, 2024
The public hearing was held on Nov. 7, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. PST
Proposed rulemaking filed Oct. 1, 2024
The comment period for the CR-102 ended Nov. 8, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. PST.
Prepublication draft released Aug. 9, 2024
- The comment period for the prepublication ended on Aug. 23, 2024.
- No comments were submitted.
Notice to start rulemaking filed June 4, 2024
- Comments for the CR-101 closed on July 5, 2024.
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