SENATE BILL REPORT

                   SB 6011

               As Passed Senate, March 10, 1995

Title:  An act relating to the purchase of liability insurance by school districts.

Brief Description:  Changing provisions relating to the purchase of liability insurance by school districts.

Sponsors:  Senator McAuliffe.

Brief History:

Committee Activity:  Education:  2/28/95 [DP].

Passed Senate, 3/10/95, 47-0.

SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

Majority Report:  Do pass.

  Signed by Senators McAuliffe, Chair; Pelz, Vice Chair; Finkbeiner, Gaspard, Hochstatter, Johnson and Rasmussen.

Staff:  Leslie Goldstein (786-7424)

Background:  After October 1, 1995, school districts will be required to purchase liability insurance through contracts with the Health Care Authority.  The Health Care Authority is unable to meet this need. 

Summary of Bill:  School districts are not required to purchase liability insurance through the Health Care Authority.

Appropriation:  None.

Fiscal Note:  Not requested.

Effective Date:  Ninety days after adjournment of session in which bill is passed.

Testimony For:  This corrects an error.  Liability insurance should not have been placed under the jurisdiction of the Health Care Authority.  The Health Care Authority does not want to administer contracts for the purchase of liability insurance.

Testimony Against:  None.

Testified:  Loy B. Dale, Director of Risk Management, Puget Sound Schools (pro).