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SB822 • 2025

Expands network adequacy requirements to health benefit plans offered to large employers and modifies requirements.

Expands network adequacy requirements to health benefit plans offered to large employers and modifies requirements.

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Last action
2025-07-25
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Chapter Number Assigned
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Not listed

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Bill History

  1. 2025-07-25 Senate

    Chapter 541, 2025 Laws.

  2. 2025-07-25 Senate

    Effective date, January 1, 2026.

  3. 2025-07-17 Senate

    Governor signed.

  4. 2025-06-26 House

    Speaker signed.

  5. 2025-06-25 Senate

    President signed.

  6. 2025-06-24 House

    Third reading. Carried by Nelson. Passed. Ayes, 31; Nays, 14--Boice, Boshart Davis, Breese-Iverson, Drazan, Edwards, Elmer, Helfrich, Levy B, Lewis, Mannix, Osborne, Reschke, Scharf, Wright; Excused, 6--Cate, Diehl, Harbick, Nguyen H, Wallan, Yunker; Excused for Business of the House, 9--Evans, Helm, Javadi, McIntire, Owens, Skarlatos, Smith G, Sosa, Walters.

  7. 2025-06-23 House

    Rules suspended. Carried over to June 24, 2025 Calendar.

  8. 2025-06-20 House

    Rules suspended. Carried over to June 23, 2025 Calendar.

  9. 2025-06-19 House

    Second reading.

  10. 2025-06-18 House

    Recommendation: Do pass.

  11. 2025-06-17 House

    First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

  12. 2025-06-17 House

    Referred to Ways and Means.

  13. 2025-06-16 Senate

    Third reading. Carried by Gelser Blouin. Passed. Ayes, 17; Nays, 10--Anderson, Bonham, Girod, Hayden, Linthicum, McLane, Nash, Robinson, Smith DB, Thatcher; Excused, 3--Gorsek, Starr, Weber.

  14. 2025-06-12 Senate

    Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill.

  15. 2025-06-12 Senate

    Second reading.

  16. 2025-06-06 Senate

    Work Session held.

  17. 2025-05-28 Senate

    Work Session held.

  18. 2025-05-28 Senate

    Returned to Full Committee.

  19. 2025-05-23 Senate

    Assigned to Subcommittee On Human Services.

  20. 2025-04-15 Senate

    Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. (Printed A-Eng.)

  21. 2025-04-15 Senate

    Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.

  22. 2025-04-01 Senate

    Work Session held.

  23. 2025-02-18 Senate

    Public Hearing held.

  24. 2025-02-13 Senate

    Public Hearing Cancelled.

  25. 2025-01-17 Senate

    Referred to Health Care, then Ways and Means.

  26. 2025-01-13 Senate

    Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: Expands network rules for some health benefit plans. Makes DCBS adopt certain rules. Allows some health and dental plans to use remote providers to meet network rules. (Flesch Readability Score: 72.3).
Expands network adequacy requirements to health benefit plans offered to large employers and modifies requirements. Requires the Department of Consumer and Business Services to adopt specified standards for network adequacy.
Permits a health benefit plan and a dental-only plan to use telemedicine health care providers to meet network adequacy standards only as permitted by rule adopted by the department.
Relating to: Relating to provider networks.
Current location: Chapter Number Assigned