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CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT SENATE BILL 5498 Chapter 147, Laws of 2025 69TH LEGISLATURE 2025 REGULAR SESSION HEALTH PLANS—CONTRACEPTIVE COVERAGE EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2026 Passed by the Senate March 3, 2025 Yeas 46 Nays 3 DENNY HECK President of the Senate Passed by the House April 9, 2025 Yeas 96 Nays 1 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 5498 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. SARAH BANNISTER Secretary Secretary Approved April 22, 2025 2:43 PM FILED April 23, 2025 BOB FERGUSON Governor of the State of Washington Secretary of State State of Washington SENATE BILL 5498 Passed Legislature - 2025 Regular Session State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session By Senators Alvarado, Slatter, Bateman, Cleveland, Frame, Liias, Lovelett, Nobles, Pedersen, Saldaña, Salomon, Stanford, Trudeau, Valdez, and C. Wilson Read first time 01/27/25. Referred to Committee on Health & Long-Term Care. AN ACT Relating to contraceptive coverage; amending RCW 48.43.195; and providing an effective date. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON: Sec. 1. RCW 48.43.195 and 2017 c 293 s 2 are each amended to read as follows: (1) A health benefit plan issued or renewed on or after January 1, ((2018 ))2026 , that includes coverage for contraceptive drugs must provide reimbursement for a ((twelve-month refill ))12-month supply of contraceptive drugs obtained at one time by the enrollee, unless the enrollee requests a smaller supply or the prescribing provider instructs that the enrollee must receive a smaller supply. The health plan must allow enrollees to receive the contraceptive drugs on-site at the provider's office, if available. Any dispensing practices required by the plan must follow clinical guidelines for appropriate prescribing and dispensing to ensure the health of the patient while maximizing access to effective contraceptive drugs. (2) Nothing in this section prohibits a health plan from limiting refills that may be obtained in the last quarter of the plan year if a ((twelve-month ))12-month supply of the contraceptive drug has already been dispensed during the plan year. (3) For purposes of this section, "contraceptive drugs" means all drugs approved by the United States food and drug administration that are used to prevent pregnancy, including, but not limited to, hormonal drugs administered orally, transdermally, and intravaginally. NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. This act takes effect January 1, 2026. Passed by the Senate March 3, 2025. Passed by the House April 9, 2025. Approved by the Governor April 22, 2025. Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 23, 2025.
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