RCW 48.21.242
Mental health treatment—Waiver of preauthorization for persons involuntarily committed.
An insurer providing group disability insurance coverage for health care in this state shall waive a preauthorization requirement from the insurer before an insured or the insured's covered dependents receive mental health care and treatment rendered by a state hospital if the insured or any of the insured's covered dependents are involuntarily committed to a state hospital as defined in RCW 72.23.010.
[ 1993 c 272 § 3.]
NOTES:
Savings—Severability—1993 c 272: See notes following RCW 43.20B.347.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 48.21 - Group and Blanket Disability Insurance.
48.21.010 - "Group disability insurance" defined—Issuance.
48.21.015 - "Group stop loss insurance" defined for the purpose of exemption—Scope of application.
48.21.020 - "Employees," "employer" defined.
48.21.030 - Health care groups.
48.21.040 - "Blanket disability insurance" defined.
48.21.047 - Requirements for plans offered to small employers—Definitions.
48.21.050 - Standard provisions required.
48.21.060 - The contract—Representations.
48.21.070 - Payment of premiums.
48.21.080 - Certificates of coverage.
48.21.100 - Examination and autopsy.
48.21.110 - Payment of benefits.
48.21.120 - Readjustment of premiums—Dividends.
48.21.125 - When injury caused by intoxication or use of narcotics.
48.21.130 - Podiatric medicine and surgery.
48.21.141 - Registered nurses or advanced registered nurses.
48.21.143 - Diabetes coverage—Definitions.
48.21.144 - Psychological services.
48.21.147 - Dental services that are not subject to contract or provider agreement.
48.21.148 - Denturist services.
48.21.150 - Dependent child coverage—Continuation for incapacity.
48.21.157 - Option to cover dependents under age twenty-six.
48.21.160 - Chemical dependency benefits—Legislative declaration.
48.21.180 - Chemical dependency benefits—Contracts issued or renewed after January 1, 1988.
48.21.195 - "Chemical dependency" defined.
48.21.197 - Chemical dependency benefits—Rules.
48.21.223 - Prescribed, self-administered anticancer medication.
48.21.225 - Mammograms—Insurance coverage.
48.21.227 - Prostate cancer screening.
48.21.230 - Reconstructive breast surgery.
48.21.235 - Mastectomy, lumpectomy.
48.21.241 - Mental health services—Group health plans—Definition—Coverage required, when.
48.21.242 - Mental health treatment—Waiver of preauthorization for persons involuntarily committed.
48.21.250 - Continuation option to be offered.
48.21.260 - Conversion policy to be offered—Exceptions, conditions.
48.21.270 - Conversion policy—Restrictions and requirements—Rules.
48.21.280 - Coverage for adopted children.
48.21.290 - Cancellation of rider.
48.21.310 - Neurodevelopmental therapies—Employer-sponsored group contracts.
48.21.320 - Temporomandibular joint disorders—Insurance coverage.
48.21.330 - Nonresident pharmacies.
48.21.370 - Fixed payment insurance—Standard disclosure form.
48.21.375 - Fixed payment insurance—Benefit restrictions.
48.21.380 - Noninsurance benefits.
48.21.900 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.