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CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT SENATE BILL 5361 Chapter 335, Laws of 2025 69TH LEGISLATURE 2025 REGULAR SESSION TREATMENT CRITERIA FOR ADDICTIVE, SUBSTANCE RELATED, AND CO-OCCURRING CONDITIONS (ASAM CRITERIA)—USE OF FOURTH EDITION EFFECTIVE DATE: July 27, 2025 Passed by the Senate March 4, 2025 Yeas 47 Nays 2 JOHN LOVICK President of the Senate Passed by the House April 15, 2025 Yeas 96 Nays 0 LAURIE JINKINS Speaker of the House of Representatives CERTIFICATE I, Sarah Bannister, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5361 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. SARAH BANNISTER Secretary Secretary Approved May 17, 2025 3:12 PM FILED May 19, 2025 BOB FERGUSON Governor of the State of Washington Secretary of State State of Washington SENATE BILL 5361 Passed Legislature - 2025 Regular Session State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session By Senators Dhingra, Robinson, and Nobles; by request of Office of Financial Management Read first time 01/20/25. Referred to Committee on Health & Long-Term Care. AN ACT Relating to delaying the use of the ASAM 4 criteria, treatment criteria for addictive, substance related, and co-occurring conditions; and amending RCW 71.24.619 and 48.43.764. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON: Sec. 1. RCW 71.24.619 and 2024 c 366 s 12 are each amended to read as follows: When updated versions of the ASAM Criteria, treatment criteria for addictive, substance related, and co-occurring conditions, inclusive of adolescent and transition age youth versions, are published by the American society of addiction medicine, the health care authority and the office of the insurance commissioner shall jointly determine whether to use the updated version, and, if so, the date upon which the updated version must begin to be used by medicaid managed care organizations, carriers, and other relevant entities. Both agencies shall post notice of their decision on their websites. For purposes of the ASAM Criteria, 4th edition, medicaid managed care organizations and carriers shall begin to use the updated criteria no later than January 1, ((2026 ))2028 , unless the health care authority and the office of the insurance commissioner jointly determine that it should not be used. Sec. 2. RCW 48.43.764 and 2024 c 366 s 11 are each amended to read as follows: When updated versions of the ASAM Criteria, treatment criteria for addictive, substance related, and co-occurring conditions, inclusive of adolescent and transition age youth versions, are published by the American society of addiction medicine, the health care authority and the office of the insurance commissioner shall jointly determine whether to use the updated version, and, if so, the date upon which the updated version must begin to be used by medicaid managed care organizations, carriers, and other relevant entities. Both agencies shall post notice of their decision on their websites. For purposes of the ASAM Criteria, 4th edition, medicaid managed care organizations and carriers shall begin to use the updated criteria no later than January 1, ((2026 ))2028 , unless the health care authority and the office of the insurance commissioner jointly determine that it should not be used. Passed by the Senate March 4, 2025. Passed by the House April 15, 2025. Approved by the Governor May 17, 2025. Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 19, 2025.
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