WA SB5568

Office of Financial Management must update the state health plan by developing a statewide health resources strategy addressing health care facility availability, quality of care, and cost of care, with coordination from public and private stakeholders

Preliminary report on strategy development due July 1, 2026; completed health resources strategy report with projections through 2032 due December 31, 2027; subsequent updates required every four years beginning January 1, 2033

Office gains access to all-payer claims database, health care authority data, insurance commissioner data, health benefit exchange data, and department of social and health services data for planning purposes

Strategy must incorporate health equity principles and include assessments of rural health resources, emerging health care delivery trends, and health care workforce availability

Department of Health prohibited from adopting rules in response to the 2027 strategy; at least one virtual or hybrid public hearing required before preliminary and final reports