{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-48.46.440","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 48.46.440","heading":"Continuation option to be offered.","body":"Every health maintenance organization that issues agreements providing group coverage for hospital or medical care shall offer the agreement holder an option to include an agreement provision granting a person who becomes ineligible for coverage under the group agreement, the right to continue the group benefits for a period of time and at a rate agreed upon. The agreement provision shall provide that when such coverage terminates the covered person may convert to an agreement as provided in RCW 48.46.450.","path":["Title 48","Chapter 48.46"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=48.46.440","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T03:15:23Z","sha256":"a56a704de655c951985657c42b46d404bbbac09842fe3fefa1a3082d05d47c6f","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-48.46.430","next":"us-wa/rcw-48.46.450"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}