1316-S AMH CALD SILV 053

SHB 1316 - H AMD 180

By Representative Caldier

WITHDRAWN 03/08/2017

     On page 3, beginning on line 5, strike all of section 4 and insert the following:

     "NEW SECTION. Sec. 4.  (1) The office of the insurance commissioner shall convene a work group of interested stakeholders, including carriers that offer stand-alone dental plans, to examine current carrier practices related to the contents of stand-alone dental plans' explanations of benefits sent to covered persons.  By December 15, 2017, the insurance commissioner must provide the legislature with a summary of the stakeholder feedback on explanations of benefits for stand-alone dental plans.

     (2) This section expires January 1, 2018."

EFFECT:  Limits the scope of the stakeholder work group convened by the Office of the Commissioner (OIC) to examination of the contents of stand-alone dental plans' explanations of benefits (rather than carrier practices related to explanations of benefits). 

Requires the work group to include carriers that offer stand-alone dental plans (rather than health care service contractors that offer dental benefit plans). 

Requires the OIC to provide the Legislature with a summary of the stakeholder feedback (rather than a report on whether additional statutory guidance related to explanations of benefits is necessary in the future).

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