S-2237               _______________________________________________

                                         SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 3916

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Financial Institutions (originally sponsored by Senators Bottiger, Deccio, Wojahn, Vognild and McManus)

Read first time 2/28/85.

AN ACT Relating to payment of health care providers by health care service contractors as directed by subscribers; creating a new section; and repealing RCW 48.44.026.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.     If a health care provider submits a claim directly to a health care service contractor for health care services covered by the health care service contract, and if the terms of such health care service contract permit payment to the provider submitting the claim, then the health care service contractor shall issue a check in payment directly to and in the single name of the provider as payee.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  Section 1, chapter 168, Laws of 1982 as amended by section 1, chapter 283, Laws of 1984 and RCW 48.44.026 are each repealed.