2025-04-09                     House Journal                      Page 0638
HB 144                                                                                                                        
The Health & Social Services Committee considered:                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
     HOUSE BILL NO. 144                                                                                                         
     "An Act relating to prior authorization requests for medical care                                                          
     covered by a health care insurer; relating to a prior authorization                                                        
     application programming interface; relating to step therapy; and                                                           
     providing for an effective date."                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
     CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 144(HSS)                                                                                             
     (same title)                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
The report was signed by Representative Mina, Chair, with the                                                                   
following individual recommendations:                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Do pass (5):  Prax, Fields, Ruffridge, Mears, Schwanke                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
No recommendation (2):  Gray, Mina                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSHB 144(HSS):                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
1. Zero, Dept. of Commerce, Community, & Economic                                                                               
 Development                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
HB 144 was referred to the Labor & Commerce Committee.