SSB 5338 — Reviewing the state's essential health benefits.

What this bill does

Requires the Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC) to review the state's benchmark plan to determine whether to request approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to modify the benchmark plan. Requires the OIC to determine the impacts of coverage of certain services on individual and small group health plan design, actuarial values, and premiums if the services were included as an essential health benefit.

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Floor votes

• House — Final Passage as Amended by the House · March 20, 2023
  96 yea · 0 nay · 2 not voting
• Senate — Final Passage as Amended by the House · April 5, 2023
  49 yea · 0 nay
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 8, 2023
  48 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting

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