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SB 258                                                                                                                        
SENATE BILL NO. 258 "An Act prohibiting health care insurers that                                                               
provide dental care coverage from setting a minimum age for                                                                     
receiving dental care coverage, allowing those insurers to set a                                                                
maximum age for receiving dental care coverage as a dependent, and                                                              
prohibiting those insurers from setting fees that a dentist may charge                                                          
for dental services not covered under the insurer's policy" was read the                                                        
second time.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Senator Paskvan, Chair, moved and asked unanimous consent for the                                                               
adoption of the Labor and Commerce Committee Substitute offered on                                                              
page 1979. Without objection, CS FOR SENATE BILL NO.                                                                            
258(L&C) "An Act prohibiting health care insurers that provide dental                                                           
care coverage from setting fees that a dentist may charge under a                                                               
preferred provider contract for dental services not covered under the                                                           
insurer's policy, and relating to preferred provider contracts between                                                          
insurers and dentists" was adopted.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Senator Ellis moved and asked unanimous consent that the bill be                                                                
considered engrossed, advanced to third reading and placed on final                                                             
passage. Without objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 258(L&C) was read the third time.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                

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The question being: "Shall CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 258(L&C)                                                                      
"An Act prohibiting health care insurers that provide dental care                                                               
coverage from setting fees that a dentist may charge under a preferred                                                          
provider contract for dental services not covered under the insurer's                                                           
policy, and relating to preferred provider contracts between insurers                                                           
and dentists" pass the Senate?" The roll was taken with the following                                                           
result:                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
CSSB 258(L&C)                                                                                                                   
Third Reading - Final Passage                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  20   NAYS:  0   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Bunde, Coghill, Davis, Dyson, Egan, Ellis, French, Hoffman,                                                              
Huggins, Kookesh, McGuire, Menard, Meyer, Olson, Paskvan,                                                                       
Stedman, Stevens, Thomas, Wagoner, Wielechowski                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
and so, CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 258(L&C) passed the Senate                                                                       
and was referred to the Secretary for engrossment.