ESHB 2196 — Expanding access to PANDA PANS treatment.

What this bill does

Requires private fully insured health plans to provide coverage of three monthly immunomodulatory courses of intravenous immunoglobulin therapy for the treatment of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections (PANDAS) and pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS) if certain conditions are met.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 16, 2026
  83 yea · 13 nay · 2 not voting

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