Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session
Relating to: special enrollment period for pregnancy.
Insurance — Health Maternal and infant care Medical practice group Public employee — Group insurance
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires health insurance plans and self-insured governmental
health plans to allow a pregnant individual who is eligible for coverage under the
plan, and any individual who is eligible for coverage because of a relationship to the
pregnant individual, to enroll in the plan at any time during the pregnancy. Under
the bill, the coverage must begin no later than the first day of the first calendar
month in which the pregnant individual receives medical verification of the
pregnancy, except that the pregnant individual may direct coverage to begin on the
first day of any month occurring during the pregnancy. The bill also requires that
insurers offering group health insurance coverage notify individuals of the special
enrollment period at or before the time the individual is initially offered the
opportunity to enroll in the plan.
Sponsors
Introduced by: Agard (D) , Bewley (D) , Carpenter (D) , Erpenbach (D) , Johnson (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Larson (D) , Roys (D) , Smith (D) , Wirch (D)
26 cosponsors
Anderson (D) , Andraca (D) , B. Meyers (D) , Baldeh (D) , Bowen (D) , Brostoff (D) , Cabrera (D) , Conley (D) , Considine (D) , Emerson (D) , Haywood (D) , Hebl (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Hong (D) , Neubauer (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Pope (D) , Shankland (D) , Shelton (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Vining (D) , Vruwink (D)
Full history
- Nov 2, 2021 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Johnson, L. Taylor, Agard, Roys, Bewley, Erpenbach, Larson, Smith, Wirch and Carpenter; cosponsored by Representatives Stubbs, Hong, Cabrera, Baldeh, Anderson, Andraca, Bowen, Brostoff, Conley, Considine, Emerson, Haywood, Hebl, Hesselbein, B. Meyers, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Pope, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Spreitzer, Subeck, Vining and Vruwink
- Nov 2, 2021 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance, Licensing and Forestry
- Mar 15, 2022 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1