Passed by the Senate February 11, 2004 YEAS 49 NAYS 0 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House March 2, 2004 YEAS 95 NAYS 0 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives		CERTIFICATE I, Milton H. Doumit, Jr., Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6494 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. MILTON H. DOUMIT JR. ________________________________________ Secretary
Approved March 24, 2004. GARY F. LOCKE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington		FILED March 24, 2004 - 3:06 p.m. Secretary of State State of Washington

AN ACT Relating to prohibiting the use of social security numbers by health carriers and state health care programs; amending RCW 70.47.130; adding a new section to chapter 48.43 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 74.09 RCW.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 A new section is added to chapter 48.43 RCW to read as follows:
After December 31, 2005, a health carrier that issues a card identifying a person as an enrollee, and requires the person to present the card to providers for purposes of claims processing, may not display on the card an identification number that includes more than a four-digit portion of the person's complete social security number.

Sec. 2   RCW 70.47.130 and 2000 c 5 s 21 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The activities and operations of the Washington basic health plan under this chapter, including those of managed health care systems to the extent of their participation in the plan, are exempt from the provisions and requirements of Title 48 RCW except:
     (a) Benefits as provided in RCW 70.47.070;
     (b) Managed health care systems are subject to the provisions of section 1 of this act, and RCW 48.43.500, 70.02.045, 48.43.505 through 48.43.535, 43.70.235, 48.43.545, 48.43.550, 70.02.110, and 70.02.900;
     (c) Persons appointed or authorized to solicit applications for enrollment in the basic health plan, including employees of the health care authority, must comply with chapter 48.17 RCW. For purposes of this subsection (1)(c), "solicit" does not include distributing information and applications for the basic health plan and responding to questions; and
     (d) Amounts paid to a managed health care system by the basic health plan for participating in the basic health plan and providing health care services for nonsubsidized enrollees in the basic health plan must comply with RCW 48.14.0201.
     (2) The purpose of the 1994 amendatory language to this section in chapter 309, Laws of 1994 is to clarify the intent of the legislature that premiums paid on behalf of nonsubsidized enrollees in the basic health plan are subject to the premium and prepayment tax. The legislature does not consider this clarifying language to either raise existing taxes nor to impose a tax that did not exist previously.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3 A new section is added to chapter 74.09 RCW to read as follows:
Any card issued after December 31, 2005, by the department or a managed health care system to a person receiving services under this chapter, that must be presented to providers for purposes of claims processing, may not display an identification number that includes more than a four-digit portion of the person's complete social security number.