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A health carrier acting as a third-party administrator for a self-funded plan offered to employees or school employees under this chapter may not require a hospital system owned or operated by the state of Washington to participate in any commercial health plan or product offered or administered by the health carrier as a condition for negotiations or participation in the self-funded plan.
For purposes of this section, "health carrier" has the same meaning as in RCW 48.43.005.