5386-S AAS 3/9/95
SSB 5386 - S AMD - 087
By Senators Moyer, Wood, Winsley, Quigley and Fairley
ADOPTED 3/9/95
On page 1, after line 4, insert the following:
"NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 70.47 RCW to read as follows:
(1) The legislature finds that the basic health plan has been an effective program in providing health coverage for uninsured residents. Further, since 1993, substantial amounts of public funds have been allocated for subsidized basic health plan enrollment.
(2) It is the intent of the legislature that the basic health plan enrollment be expanded expeditiously, consistent with funds available in the health services account, with the goal of two hundred fifty thousand adult subsidized basic health plan enrollees and two hundred fifty thousand children covered through expanded medical assistance services by June 30, 1997, with the priority of providing needed health services to children in conjunction with other public programs."
Renumber the remaining sections consecutively and correct internal references accordingly.
SSB 5386 - S AMD - 088
By Senators Quigley, Fairley, Moyer, Wood Winsley
ADOPTED 3/9/95
On page 6, after line 11, insert the following:
"(16) No later than July 1, 1996, the administrator shall implement procedures whereby hospitals licensed under chapters 70.41 and 71.12 RCW, rural health care facilities regulated under chapter 70.175 RCW, and community and migrant health centers funded under RCW 41.05.220, may, at no remuneration, expeditiously assist patients and their families in applying for basic health plan or medical assistance coverage, and in submitting such applications directly to the health care authority or the department of social and health services. The health care authority and the department of social and health services
shall make every effort to simplify and expedite the application and enrollment process."
SSB 5386 - S AMD - 089
By Senators Moyer, Wood, Winsley and Quigley
ADOPTED 3/9/95
On page 6, after line 11, insert the following:
"NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 70.47 RCW to read as follows:
Insurance brokers and agents who hold the proper license pursuant to chapter 43.17 RCW shall be entitled to sell the basic health plan and shall receive from the health care authority a three percent commission for each individual sale of the basic health plan to anyone not previously signed up and a one percent commission for each group sale of the basic health plan. No commission shall be provided upon a renewal. Commissions shall be determined based on the estimated annual cost of the basic health plan. The health care authority shall use moneys in the basic health plan trust account for this purpose."
Renumber the remaining sections consecutively and correct internal references accordingly.
SSB 5386 - S AMD - 087 & 089
By Senators Moyer, Wood, Winsley, Quigley and Fairley
ADOPTED 3/9/95
On page 1, line 2 of the title, after "70.47.020;" insert "adding new sections to chapter 70.47 RCW;"
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