{"id":"AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-042","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Washington; Office of the Insurance Commissioner","state":"WA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-INSURANCE-BANKING","eco":"","issuer":"Mike Kreidler, Insurance Commissioner","authority":"RCW 48.02.060(4)","instrument":"Emergency Order No. 20-06","title":"Emergency Order requiring health carriers to hold enrollees harmless from balance billing for COVID-19 diagnostic testing by out-of-network laboratories","dateIssued":"2020-06-01","effective":"2020-06-01","end":"July 31, 2020 by its terms; extended under RCW 48.02.060(5) through September 5, 2021 (fourteenth extension, Ex. 045) and further","startDate":"2020-06-01","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["HC","OTHER"],"addressees":["all health carriers authorized or admitted to offer health plans or short-term limited duration medical plans in Washington"],"clause":"PURSUANT TO RCW 48.02.060(4), the Insurance Commissioner of the state of Washington (\u0027Insurance Commissioner\u0027) orders all health carriers authorized or admitted to offer health plans or [short-term plans, as follows]: A. Regulated Entities must hold harmless Washington-resident enrollees from balance billing for COVID-19 diagnostic testing processed by in-state, out-of-network laboratories and out-of-state, out-of-network laboratories, when COVID-19 diagnostic testing is determined to be medically necessary by the enrollee\u0027s health care provider.","enforcement":"RCW 48.02.080; RCW 48.05.185","functions":["IN health carriers (claims payment, network contracting)","DX laboratories (industry 02) and CB payers"],"notes":"Recites the extension of Emergency Order 20-01 on May 1, 2020.","sourceUrl":"https://www.insurance.wa.gov/sites/default/files/documents/emergency-order-surprise-billing-20-06_0.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":261666,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING","url":"/library/AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-042","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-042","citation":"Mike Kreidler, Insurance Commissioner, Emergency Order No. 20-06 (June 1, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-042)","stateName":"Washington","related":["AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-041","AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-040"]}