FINAL BILL REPORT
SSB 5729
C 16 L 23
Synopsis as Enacted
Brief Description: Removing the expiration date on the cost-sharing cap for insulin.
Sponsors: Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care (originally sponsored by Senators Keiser, Cleveland, Hasegawa, Hunt, Kuderer, Nguyen, Shewmake, Stanford, Valdez and Wilson, C.).
Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care
House Committee on Health Care & Wellness
Background:

In 2020, the Legislature directed health plans, beginning January 1, 2021, to limit an enrollee's out-of-pocket expenses for insulin to $100 for a 30-day supply until January 1, 2023. In 2022, the Legislature amended the statute to reduce the limit on out-of-pocket expenses for a 30-day supply of insulin to $35 until January 1, 2024.
Summary:

The expiration date limiting out-of-pocket expenses to $35 for a 30-day supply of insulin is removed. 
Votes on Final Passage:
Senate 47 0
House 95 2
Effective:

July 23, 2023