| Passed by the Senate April 22, 2009 YEAS 49 ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House April 14, 2009 YEAS 97 ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5725 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. ________________________________________ Secretary | |
| Approved ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 61st Legislature | 2009 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 02/20/09.
AN ACT Relating to organ transplant lifetime limits; and adding a new section to chapter 48.43 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 A new section is added to chapter 48.43 RCW
to read as follows:
(1) A health benefit plan that is issued or renewed on or after
January 1, 2010, and that provides coverage for organ and tissue
transplants, may not permit a separate lifetime limit on transplants of
any less than three hundred fifty thousand dollars. The lifetime limit
on transplants shall apply from one day prior to the date of the
transplant or the date of hospital admission, for a patient who
receives a transplant during the course of a longer hospital stay,
through one hundred days after the transplant. Donor-related services
may apply to the lifetime limit on transplants any time. The major
medical lifetime limit shall apply to health care services provided
before and after this time period. Benefits provided are subject to
all other terms and conditions of the health benefit plan, including
but not limited to any applicable coinsurances, deductibles, and
copayments.
(2) "Organ and tissue transplant" means the same as defined under
the applicable health benefit plan.