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PDFWAC 284-43-7230

Services provided without discrimination, prohibited limitations, and confidentiality.

(1) All services and supplies required under RCW 48.43.072 must be covered without discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, marital status, age, citizenship, immigration status, or disability. Health plans and student health plans must ensure that all enrollees have access to these services and supplies regardless of gender or gender identity. This includes, but is not limited to, coverage of any method of over-the-counter contraception without regard to the sex, or gender identity or expression, of the covered person.
(2) Reproductive health care, voluntary sterilization, abortion or contraceptive services or contraceptive supplies provided under a health plan or a student health plan are health care services related to reproductive health and protected by the confidentiality requirements of RCW 48.43.505, WAC 284-04-510, and other relevant statutes and regulations providing for enrollee confidentiality.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 48.02.060, 48.43.072, 48.43.073, and 2019 c 399. WSR 19-24-039, ยง 284-43-7230, filed 11/26/19, effective 12/27/19.]