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.
RCW 48.21.242
Mental health treatment—Waiver of preauthorization for persons involuntarily committed.
1993 c 272 s 3.
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