| Passed by the House March 6, 2014 Yeas 85 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate March 12, 2014 Yeas 47 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate | I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 2798 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. BARBARA BAKER ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
| Approved April 2, 2014, 4:01 p.m. JAY INSLEE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | April 4, 2014 Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 63rd Legislature | 2014 Regular Session |
Read first time 02/28/14. Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
AN ACT Relating to payments by the health care authority to managed health care systems; and amending RCW 70.47.110.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 70.47.110 and 2011 1st sp.s. c 15 s 84 are each
amended to read as follows:
The health care authority may make payments to ((participating))
managed health care systems, as defined in RCW 74.09.522 or in this
chapter, on behalf of any ((enrollee)) person who is a recipient of
medical care under chapter 74.09 RCW, ((at)) up to the maximum rate
allowable for federal matching purposes under Title XIX of the social
security act. Any enrollee on whose behalf the health care authority
makes such payments may continue as an enrollee, making premium
payments based on the enrollee's own income as determined under the
sliding scale, after eligibility for coverage under chapter 74.09 RCW
has ended, as long as the enrollee remains eligible under this chapter.
Nothing in this section affects the right of any person eligible for
coverage under chapter 74.09 RCW to receive the services offered to
other persons under that chapter but not included in the schedule of
basic health care services covered by the plan. The director shall
seek
to determine which enrollees or prospective enrollees may be
eligible for medical care under chapter 74.09 RCW and may require these
individuals to complete the eligibility determination process under
chapter 74.09 RCW prior to enrollment or continued participation in the
plan. The director shall adopt procedures to facilitate the transition
of plan enrollees and payments on their behalf between the plan and the
programs established under chapter 74.09 RCW.