SHB 1979 — Reducing the cost of inhalers and epinephrine autoinjectors.

What this bill does

Requires health plans, including health plans offered to public and school employees, to cap the total out of pocket cost for a 30-day supply of asthma inhalers and a two pack of epinephrine autoinjectors at $35.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 6, 2024
  97 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 1, 2024
  49 yea · 0 nay

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