Washington SB 5262: Correcting obsolete or erroneous references in statutes administered by the insurance commissioner.

Bill Text

CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5262
Chapter 243, Laws of 2025
69th Legislature
2025 Regular Session
INSURANCE STATUTES—VARIOUS PROVISIONS
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 27, 2025—Except for section 6, which takes
effect January 1, 2026.
Passed by the Senate April 18, 2025
Yeas 46 Nays 2
JOHN LOVICK
President of the Senate
Passed by the House April 16, 2025
Yeas 83 Nays 13
LAURIE JINKINS
Speaker of the House of
Representatives
CERTIFICATE
I, Sarah Bannister, Secretary of
the Senate of the State of
Washington, do hereby certify that
the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE
BILL 5262 as passed by the Senate
and the House of Representatives on
the dates hereon set forth.
SARAH BANNISTER
Secretary
Approved May 12, 2025 3:16 PM FILED
May 14, 2025
BOB FERGUSON
Governor of the State of Washington
Secretary of State
State of Washington

AN ACT Relating to correcting obsolete or erroneous references in 1
statutes administered by the insurance commissioner, by repealing 2
defunct statutes and reports, aligning policy with federal law and 3
current interpretations, making timeline adjustments, protecting 4
patient data, and making technical corrections; amending RCW 5
42.56.400, 48.14.070, 48.19.460, 48.19.540, 48.37.050, 48.38.010, 6
48.38.012, 48.43.0128, 48.43.135, 48.43.743, 48.135.030, 48.140.050, 7
48.150.100, and 48.160.020; repealing RCW 48.02.230, 48.02.240, 8
48.43.049, 48.43.650, 48.140.070, and 48.160.005; and providing an 9
effective date.10
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:11
Sec. 1. RCW 42.56.400 and 2023 c 149 s 12 are each amended to 12
read as follows:13
The following information relating to insurance and financial 14
institutions is exempt from disclosure under this chapter:15
(1) Records maintained by the board of industrial insurance 16
appeals that are related to appeals of crime victims' compensation 17
claims filed with the board under RCW 7.68.110;18
(2) Information obtained and exempted or withheld from public 19
inspection by the health care authority under RCW 41.05.026, whether 20
retained by the authority, transferred to another state purchased 21
SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5262
AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
Passed Legislature - 2025 Regular Session
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session
By Senate Business, Financial Services & Trade (originally sponsored
by Senators Kauffman, J. Wilson, Nobles, Shewmake, and Trudeau; by
request of Insurance Commissioner)
READ FIRST TIME 02/14/25.
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health care program by the authority, or transferred by the authority 1
to a technical review committee created to facilitate the 2
development, acquisition, or implementation of state purchased health 3
care under chapter 41.05 RCW;4
(3) The names and individual identification data of either all 5
owners or all insureds, or both, received by the insurance 6
commissioner under chapter 48.102 RCW;7
(4) Information provided under RCW 48.30A.045 through 48.30A.060;8
(5) Information provided under RCW 48.05.510 through 48.05.535, 9
48.43.200 through 48.43.225, 48.44.530 through 48.44.555, and 10
48.46.600 through 48.46.625;11
(6) Examination reports and information obtained by the 12
department of financial institutions from banks under RCW 30A.04.075, 13
from savings banks under RCW 32.04.220, from savings and loan 14
associations under RCW 33.04.110, from credit unions under RCW 15
31.12.565, from check cashers and sellers under RCW 31.45.030(3), and 16
from securities brokers and investment advisers under RCW 21.20.100, 17
information that could reasonably be expected to reveal the identity 18
of a whistleblower under RCW 21.40.090, and information received 19
under RCW 43.320.190, all of which are confidential and privileged 20
information;21
(7) Information provided to the insurance commissioner under RCW 22
48.110.040(3);23
(8) Documents, materials, or information obtained by the 24
insurance commissioner under RCW 48.02.065, all of which are 25
confidential and privileged;26
(9) Documents, materials, or information obtained or provided by 27
the insurance commissioner under RCW 48.31B.015(2) (l) and (m), 28
48.31B.025, 48.31B.030, 48.31B.035, and 48.31B.036, all of which are 29
confidential and privileged;30
(10) Data filed under RCW 48.140.020, 48.140.030, 48.140.050, and 31
7.70.140 that, alone or in combination with any other data, may 32
reveal the identity of a claimant, health care provider, health care 33
facility, insuring entity, or self-insurer involved in a particular 34
claim or a collection of claims. For the purposes of this subsection:35
(a) "Claimant" has the same meaning as in RCW 48.140.010(2).36
(b) "Health care facility" has the same meaning as in RCW 37
48.140.010(6).38
(c) "Health care provider" has the same meaning as in RCW 39
48.140.010(7).40
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(d) "Insuring entity" has the same meaning as in RCW 1
48.140.010(8).2
(e) "Self-insurer" has the same meaning as in RCW 48.140.010(11);3
(11) Documents, materials, or infor