{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-48.21.242","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 48.21.242","heading":"Mental health treatment—Waiver of preauthorization for persons involuntarily committed.","body":"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.","path":["Title 48","Chapter 48.21"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=48.21.242","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T03:12:59Z","sha256":"45b031596beb0b2761f4972af199802316094a03784151c78e331cb1be3bef7f","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-48.21.241","next":"us-wa/rcw-48.21.244"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}