Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Health Care Committee on March 6, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
House Bill 4119
Requires for the certification of a managed care provider plan that the plan not discriminate against any willing provider within the geographical service area of the managed care organization.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.
Digest: The Act would make it so that an MCO plan could not discriminate against any willing provider in its area. The Act would expand the kinds of providers who may treat injured workers as attending physicians. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.6). Requires for the certification of a managed care provider plan that the plan not discriminate against any willing provider within the geographical service area of the managed care organization. Includes nurse practitioners, physician associates, chiropractic physicians and naturopathic physicians in the definition of "attending physician" for purposes of the treatment of workers' compensable injuries.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
February 2 to March 6, 2026, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action3 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesFeb 2 to Mar 6 · stopped32 days
Waiting for a committeeFeb 2 to Feb 20 days
Health CareFeb 2 to Mar 6 · stopped32 days
Text
Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Feb 2 – Mar 6
- Feb 2Introduced
- Sent to Health Care
- Mar 6Died when the session ended
All 3 actions, as published
- Feb 2First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
- Feb 2Referred to Health Care.House of Representatives
- Mar 6In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives