SSB 5986 (PDF, 171 KB) adds ground ambulance balance billing protections to the Balance Billing Protection Act (BBPA). Rulemaking is necessary to revise Chapter 284-43B WAC to include ground ambulance services. This process will also help ensure that affected entities will understand their rights and obligations under the new law.
This rulemaking is also necessary to update the rules for the BBPA, including but not limited to consideration of arbitrator fees and revisions to the arbitration process for arbitration authorized under RCW 48.49.135.
Comments on prepublication draft
The comment period for the prepublication draft begins on July 17, 2024, and is open until July 31, 2024.
Prepublication draft released July 17, 2024
Notice to start rulemaking filed May 21, 2024
Comments
- Comments for the CR-101 closed June 21, 2024
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