Emergency Order No. 20-01

The record

Jurisdiction

Washington; Office of the Insurance Commissioner (State insurance regulator) · Washington

Level

Sector regulator

Authority

RCW 48.02.060(4)

Issued

2020-03-05 Mar. 5, 2020

Effective

2020-03-05

End

May 4, 2020 by its terms; extended eighteen times under RCW 48.02.060(5), to September 5, 2021 (seventeenth extension, Ex. 046) and October 3, 2021 (eighteenth extension, Ex. 099), and further thereafter (read as 2021-09-30)

In force

Mar. 5, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Health care ordersOther

Addressees

• all health carriers as defined in RCW 48.43.005(28) authorized or admitted to offer health plans or short-term limited duration medical plans in Washington

Functions reached

• IN health carriers (cost-sharing, claims)
• CB payers of Washington providers (industries 01-04): testing visits and telehealth without cost sharing
• TM telehealth

Collection

State insurance and banking regulators AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING

Operative words

PURSUANT TO the Governor's Proclamation and RCW 48.02.060(4), the Insurance Commissioner of the state of Washington ('Insurance Commissioner') orders all health carriers, as defined in RCW 48.43.005(28), authorized or admitted to offer health plans, as defined in RCW 48.43.005(29) or short-term limited duration medical plans in Washington state, during the period of March 5, 2020 through May 4, 2020, as follows: A. Cover, prior to application of any deductible and with no cost-sharing, the health care [provider visit and laboratory test for COVID-19]... This Order shall remain in effect until May 4, 2020, subject to the further order of the Insurance Commissioner extending its effect.

Enforcement

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