OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The board for the state health exchange on Thursday once again delayed a vote on approval of 31 plans proposed to be part of the system.

After previously delaying a vote last week, the board of the Washington Health Benefit Exchange voted 6-2 to delay the final vote until next Wednesday, to coincide with an already scheduled meeting to consider additional companies that are appealing exclusion by Washington's insurance commissioner.

Earlier this month, Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler approved four insurance companies to join the exchange and rejected proposals by five others because he said their plans didn't fit all the rules set up by the federal government as part of the new federal health law.