Healthcare laws and bills in Washington

Every bill in the Washington Legislature that falls inside the Healthcare Legislation Tracker's scope, with where each one currently stands.

Bills in scope
146bills in scope
Past committee
72past committee
Most recent action
1 April 2026most recent action

Healthcare laws enacted in Washington in 2026

The 16 most recent Healthcare bills enacted in Washington this year are below, the latest with a last action on 1 April 2026. They lead the list below.

Healthcare bills in Washington

40Enacted

32Past committee

74Introduced or inactive

146 bills in scope

Enacted

25 of 40 shown

SB 6228Removing a tax exemption for the warehousing and reselling of prescription drugs. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Removing a tax exemption for the warehousing and reselling of prescription drugs and providing tax relief for critical access pharmacies.)EnactedSB 5981Protecting patient access to discounted medications and health care services through Washington's health care safety net by preventing manufacturer limitations on the 340B drug pricing program.EnactedSB 5124Establishing network adequacy standards for skilled nursing facilities and rehabilitation hospitals.EnactedSB 5847Concerning access to medical care in workers' compensation.EnactedSB 6226Protecting the clinical autonomy of audiologists.EnactedHB 2339Concerning the regulation of nursing.EnactedHB 2385Concerning the medicaid access program.EnactedSB 5185Establishing preceptorship and hardship pathways to medical practice for international medical graduates.EnactedSB 5395Making improvements to transparency and accountability in the prior authorization determination process.EnactedSB 5845Modernizing and clarifying timely payment requirements for health carriers.EnactedHB 2429Supporting children and youth behavioral health.EnactedSB 6103Making payments for services provided by a rural emergency hospital subject to appropriation.EnactedHB 2441Concerning medical insurance premium reimbursements for surviving spouses of line of duty deaths.EnactedSB 6183Concerning coverage for HIV antiviral drugs.EnactedHB 2152Permitting the medical use of cannabis by qualifying patients in specified health care facilities.EnactedHB 2577Concerning hospital inspections.EnactedSB 5083Ensuring access to primary care, behavioral health, and affordable hospital services.EnactedSB 5568Updating and modernizing the Washington state health plan.EnactedSB 5579Prohibiting health carriers, facilities, and providers from making any public statements of any potential or planned contract terminations unless it satisfies a legal obligation.EnactedHB 1392Creating the medicaid access program.EnactedHB 2051Concerning payment to acute care hospitals for difficult to discharge medicaid patients.EnactedHB 1009Adjusting the membership of the pharmacy quality assurance commission.EnactedHB 1186Expanding the situations in which medications can be dispensed or delivered from hospitals and health care entities.EnactedHB 1422Modifying the drug take-back program.EnactedHB 1432Improving access to appropriate mental health and substance use disorder services.Enacted

Showing the 25 furthest along of 146. Subscribers see all of them, filtered and searchable. Bill titles link to the Washington Legislature's own page.

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What counts as Healthcare Legislation legislation

In scope is any bill on the delivery, financing and regulation of health care: coverage mandates, prior authorization and utilization review, Medicaid and state health programmes, hospital finance, licensure and staffing, scope of practice and interstate compacts, telehealth, prescription drugs and pharmacy benefit managers, surprise billing, price transparency and medical debt, behavioral health and substance use treatment, maternal health, long-term care and emergency medical services.

Tracker scopes are model-drafted, not attorney-reviewed.

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