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WA HB2657
Bill
Status
1/26/2026
Primary Sponsor
Lisa Parshley
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AI Summary
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Imposes an annual coverage assessment on health carriers offering plans on the health benefit exchange: $0.82 per coverage month in the first year, then $0.165 per coverage month thereafter, with the initial assessment due March 1, 2027
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Creates the "abortion savings program" to provide operating grants to organizations that employ health care providers authorized to terminate pregnancies, supporting direct patient abortion clinical care services for uninsured, underinsured, or those unable to use insurance
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Establishes the "abortion savings account" in the state treasury to receive assessment revenues, with at least 85% of appropriated funds required to go directly to eligible organizations as grants
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Prohibits health carriers from passing the assessment costs to enrollees through premiums, rates, or plan design, and authorizes penalties of 5-20% plus interest for late payments
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Protects identifying information of grant recipients, their staff, and patients from public disclosure, broadly defining "identifying information" to include names, addresses, social media accounts, and other sensitive data
Legislative Description
Establishing an abortion savings program.
Last Action
First reading, referred to Appropriations.
1/26/2026