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WashingtonHB 22542025-2026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

Providing flexibility in the partnership access line assessment to cover administrative costs.

Sponsored By: Lisa Callan (Democratic)

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.

Insurers and employers pay new mental-health fees

Beginning July 1, 2021, the Health Care Authority collects annual assessments from health carriers, self‑funded MEWAs, and employers that provide health care in Washington, unless they already pay under a Medicaid managed care contract. Your share equals the non‑74.09 program costs times your resident insured count, divided by all state residents the program serves who are not in 74.09 programs. Covered lives are measured by covered person months each year. The state pays the share for people in programs under chapter 74.09 RCW with state and federal funds, when money is appropriated. The Authority may hire a third‑party administrator; reasonable contractor fees can be included in the assessment, but the Authority’s own admin costs are excluded. The Authority, with UW Psychiatry and Seattle Children’s, sets each program’s annual operating and administration costs. These rules fund the partnership access lines, the psychiatric consultation line, and the first approach skills training program.

New metrics and reports for mental-health lines

The Health Care Authority sets separate performance measures for the partnership access lines and the psychiatric consultation line. The UW Department of Psychiatry and partner hospitals send quarterly reports. Reports include required demographic data, results on any measures the Authority sets, and barriers to getting services. These updates improve oversight and help track access and equity.

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Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Lisa Callan

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

  • Brianna Thomas

    Democratic • House

  • Carolyn Eslick

    Republican • House

  • Janice Zahn

    Democratic • House

  • Julia Reed

    Democratic • House

  • Mary Fosse

    Democratic • House

  • My-Linh Thai

    Democratic • House

  • Nicole Macri

    Democratic • House

  • Steve Bergquist

    Democratic • House

  • Timm Ormsby

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 145 • No: 0

Senate vote • 3/4/2026

3rd Reading & Final Passage

Yes: 49 • No: 0

House vote • 2/10/2026

3rd Reading & Final Passage

Yes: 96 • No: 0 • Other: 2

Actions Timeline

  1. Effective date 6/11/2026.

    3/16/2026House

  2. Chapter 58, 2026 Laws.

    3/16/2026House

  3. Governor signed.

    3/16/2026legislature

  4. Delivered to Governor.

    3/10/2026legislature

  5. President signed.

    3/9/2026legislature

  6. Speaker signed.

    3/6/2026legislature

  7. Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.

    3/4/2026House

  8. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    3/4/2026House

  9. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    3/3/2026House

  10. WM - Majority; do pass.

    3/2/2026House

  11. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

    3/2/2026House

  12. First reading, referred to Ways & Means.

    2/12/2026House

  13. Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2.

    2/10/2026House

  14. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    2/10/2026House

  15. Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.

    2/6/2026House

  16. Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    1/30/2026House

  17. APP - Majority; do pass.

    1/28/2026House

  18. APP - Executive action taken by committee.

    1/28/2026House

  19. First reading, referred to Appropriations.

    1/12/2026House

  20. Prefiled for introduction.

    1/5/2026House

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