This operations budget bill includes $15 million in funding over two years for programs and grants to maintain access to
abortion care, including for abortion care providers.

This bill creates an abortion access grant program funded by an assessment on insurers based on the premiums charged and number of coverage months in the previous year.

This bill amends an existing law that had authorized the state to purchase a supply of abortion medications for a variety of purposes and to sell them to health care providers and facilities. This bill expands the ability of the Department of Corrections to sell, distribute, or deliver abortion medications that the state has purchased to health care providers and health care entities. DOC may, but is not required to, obtain payment for delivering, dispensing, or distributing abortion medication.

This state plan amendment updates long-acting reversible contraceptive devices provided immediately postpartum at an acute care hospital which are exempt from the DRG payment method and are reimbursed via the fee schedule.

This Fiscal Biennium 2025 – 2027 appropriations bill provides $3.5 million per year for programs to maintain access to abortion care in Washington, including but not limited to: provider support, workforce retention and recruitment initiatives, and clinic security investments. It also creates the “reproductive access alliance,” which will develop a website and support helpline for patients seeking care.