PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
INSURANCE COMMISSIONER
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Chapter 284-03 WAC, Public access to information and records.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 48.02.060, 42.17.250, 42.17.300, 70.02.050.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Each agency is required to adopt separate procedures that establish how requesters can seek and receive information. Chapter 284-03 WAC was last amended in 1975. The current, archaic rules do not reflect subsequent changes in the law, technology, and Office of the Insurance Commissioner processes. The commissioner will consider changes that improve clarity and update the chapter. The commissioner will consider use of a question and answer style to provide information to the public in the clearest possible fashion.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.
Process for Developing New Rule: Agency study.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Kacy Scott, P.O. Box 40255, Olympia, WA 98504-0255, e-mail Kacys@oic.wa.gov, fax (360) 586-3109. Please submit your comments by February 7, 2004.
December 23, 2003
Mike Kreidler
Insurance Commissioner